7 SEPTEMBER 1907, Page 28

Goldsmiths' and Silversmiths' .Work. By Nelson Dawson. (Methuen and Co.

25s. net.)—This is a history of the subject from the earliest times. The author goes back as far, to give a snore or less definite date, as the Mycenaean period, and traces the story down to the present. The volume, which is fully and hand- somely illustrated, belongs to the "Connoisseur's Library" appearing under the general editorship of Mr. Cyril Davenport.