Embroidery; or, The Craft of the Needle. By W. G.
Paulson Townsend. Assisted by Louisa F. Pesel and others. (Truslove, Hanson, and Combs. 35. 6d.)—It is difficult to write anything to the point on this subject, and the author has wisely devoted most of his space to an account of the illustrations, which are many and good. The technique of this art is so simple that there is ndt much need for handbooks dealing with it, and more real good will be gained by studying, say, the seventeenth century Italian chasuble back (Plate No. 22) than by the careful working of intricate stitches, not that these should be neglected. The worker will find much of use and interest in this book on the subject of stitches and materials. Some of the modern patterns in this book are good, but, in common with much of the present-day designing, they lack the quality of power and in- evitableness that characterises the Renaissance work.
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