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.

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. 760 pp. 323 Illustrations. Price 21s.; India and Colonies, 22s.; Other Countries, 23s. 6d.; strictly net.

Contents.