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A Manual of Historic Ornament. By B. Glazier. (B. M

Batsford. 5s.)—Within a small space we are given characteristic specimens of ways in which different peoples have striven to orna- ment the works of their hands. The range is large, and begins with the ghastly wriggling lines of the New Zealander, and goes down to the Renaissance. The work is illustrated with small outline drawings which do very well for the primitive and archi- tectural ornaments, but are inadequate to represent Phidias and Michelangelo.