30 APRIL 1910, Page 49

The Art of the Plasterer. By G. P. Bankart. (B.

T. Botsford. 25s. net.)—The author explains that his work is supplemental to the large volume published a few years ago, in which its author, Mr. Millar, dealt exhaustively with the technical processes of the art. The book before us considers more the artistic side, and gives a large number of examples of plaster-work, especially those to be found in England. It is satisfactory to find that this kind of work, which for four hundred years has been so prominent a part of English building, is not extinct, for Mr. Bankart reproduces examples of modern work. Good as many of these are, it must be admitted that they have not the breadth of design and workmanship of the best old examples.