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China - Painting, 1877. By M. Louise McLaughlin. (Robert Clarke and Co.,

Cincinnati.)—Miss McLaughlin's book, which is nicely illus- trated, gives in a condensed form useful instructions to beginners in china-painting as to what materials are wanted and where to get them. Her lists of the compositions of palettes for the ordinary subjects painted on china, ought to save much trouble and expense, as the chemical changes produced by the process of firing forbid certain mixtures of paints which would be quite harmless in oils or water- colours. It is to be hoped that this art is in a fair way of being revived; and Miss McLaughlin's book puts self-instruction within easy reach of all.