6 DECEMBER 1902, Page 12

Decorative Brushwork and Elementary Design. By H. Cadness. (Batsford. 35.

6d.)—No book will make a designer, and the danger is that the student will merely hash up the old odds-and- ends given in text-books into some slightly different pattern. It is doubtful if such truly creative work as designing can be taught. Of course, the sense may be greatly strengthened by familiarity with fine examples. What, however, a book can teach, and this one does so excellently, is the use of all kinds of technical con- trivances for facilitating work. In this book there is much sound sense, if of a somewhat conventional kind, about the less technical part of the subject.