Chapter IV: Part VI: , =Uses of Leather=--Machine Belts: Manufacture of Belting;

Leather Chain Belts; Various Belts, Use of Belts--Boot and Shoe making: Boots and Shoes; Laces--Saddlery: Composition of a Saddle; Construction of a Saddle--Harness: The Pack Saddle; Harness--Military Equipment-- Glove Making--Carriage Building--Mechanical Uses.

Appendix, =The World's Commerce in Leather=--Europe; America; Asia; Africa; Australasia--Index.

=THE LEATHER WORKER'S MANUAL.= Being a Compendium of Practical
Recipes and Working Formulæ for Curriers, Bootmakers,
Leather Dressers, Blacking Manufacturers, Saddlers, Fancy
Leather Workers. By H. C. STANDAGE. 165 pp. 1900. Price 7s.
6d.; India and Colonies, 8s.; Other Countries, 8s. 6d.;
strictly net.

Contents.

Blackings, Polishes, Glosses, Dressings, Renovators, etc., for Boot and Shoe Leather--Harness Blackings, Dressings, Greases, Compositions, Soaps, and Boot-top Powders and Liquids, etc., etc.--Leather Grinders' Sundries--Currier's Seasonings, Blacking Compounds, Dressings, Finishes, Glosses, etc.--Dyes and Stains for Leather--Miscellaneous Information--Chrome Tannage--Index.

Books on Pottery, Bricks, Tiles, Glass, etc.

=THE MANUAL OF PRACTICAL POTTING.= Compiled by Experts, and
Edited by CHAS. F. BINNS. Revised Third Edition and
Enlarged. 200 pp. 1901. Price 17s. 6d.; India and Colonies,
18s. 6d.; Other Countries, 20s.; strictly net.

Contents.

=Introduction.= The Rise and Progress of the Potter's Art--=Bodies.= China and Porcelain Bodies, Parian Bodies, Semi-porcelain and Vitreous Bodies, Mortar Bodies, Earthenwares Granite and C.C. Bodies, Miscellaneous Bodies, Sagger and Crucible Clays, Coloured Bodies, Jasper Bodies, Coloured Bodies for Mosaic Painting, Encaustic Tile Bodies, Body Stains, Coloured Dips--=Glazes.= China Glazes, Ironstone Glazes, Earthenware Glazes, Glazes without Lead, Miscellaneous Glazes, Coloured Glazes, Majolica Colours--=Gold and Gold Colours.= Gold, Purple of Cassius, Marone and Ruby, Enamel Coloured Bases, Enamel Colour Fluxes, Enamel Colours, Mixed Enamel Colours, Antique and Vellum Enamel Colours, Underglaze Colours, Underglaze Colour Fluxes, Mixed Underglaze Colours, Flow Powders, Oils and Varnishes--=Means and Methods.= Reclamation of Waste Gold, The Use of Cobalt, Notes on Enamel Colours, Liquid or Bright Gold--=Classification and Analysis.= Classification of Clay Ware, Lord Playfair's Analysis of Clays, The Markets of the World, Time and Scale of Firing, Weights of Potter's Material, Decorated Goods Count--Comparative Loss of Weight of Clays--Ground Felspar Calculations --The Conversion of Slop Body Recipes into Dry Weight--The Cost of Prepared Earthenware Clay--=Forms and Tables.= Articles of Apprenticeship, Manufacturer's Guide to Stocktaking, Table of Relative Values of Potter's Materials, Hourly Wages Table, Workman's Settling Table, Comparative Guide for Earthenware and China Manufacturers in the use of Slop Flint and Slop Stone, Foreign Terms applied to Earthenware and China Goods, Table for the Conversion of Metrical Weights and Measures on the Continent and South America--=Index.=

=CERAMIC TECHNOLOGY=: Being some Aspects of Technical Science
as Applied to Pottery Manufacture. Edited by CHARLES F.
BINNS. 100 pp. Demy 8vo. 1897. Price 12s. 6d.; India and
Colonies, 13s. 6d.; Other Countries, 15s.; strictly net.

Contents.

Preface--The Chemistry of Pottery--Analysis and Synthesis--Clays and their Components--The Biscuit Oven--Pyrometry--Glazes and their Composition--Colours and Colour-making--Index.

=COLOURING AND DECORATION OF CERAMIC WARE.= By ALEX.
BRONGNIART. With Notes and Additions by ALPHONSE SALVETAT.
Translated from the French. 200 pp. 1898. Price 7s. 6d.;
India and Colonies, 8s.; Other Countries, 8s. 6d.; strictly
net.

=A TREATISE ON THE CERAMIC INDUSTRIES.= A Complete Manual for
Pottery, Tile and Brick Works. By EMILE BOURRY. Translated
from the French by WILTON P. RIX, Examiner in Pottery and
Porcelain to the City and Guilds of London Technical
Institute, Pottery Instructor to the Hanley School Board.
Royal 8vo. 1901. Over 700 pp. Price 21s.; India and
Colonies, 22s.; Other Countries, 23s. 6d.; strictly net.

Contents.

Part I., =General Pottery Methods=. Definition and History. Definitions and Classification of Ceramic Products--Historic Summary of the Ceramic Art--Raw Materials of Bodies. Clays: Pure Clay and Natural Clays--Various Raw Materials: Analogous to Clay--Agglomerative and Agglutinative--Opening--Fusible--Refractory--Trials of Raw Materials --Plastic Bodies. Properties and Composition--Preparation of Raw Materials: Disaggregation--Purification--Preparation of Bodies: By Plastic Method--By Dry Method--By Liquid Method--Formation. Processes of Formation: Throwing--Expression--Moulding by Hand, on the Jolley, by Compression, by Slip Casting--Slapping--Slipping--Drying. Drying of Bodies--Processes of Drying: By Evaporation--By Aeration--By Heating--By Ventilation--By Absorption--Glazes. Composition and Properties--Raw Materials--Manufacture and Application--Firing. Properties of the Bodies and Glazes during Firing--Description of the Kilns--Working of the Kilns--Decoration. Colouring Materials--Processes of Decoration.