. International studio. in the furniture which wasmade under the reigns of Charles II and James II. While the entire period comprising the reignsof the four Stuarts and the Commonwealth (1603-1688) is often called Jacobean, the purpose ofidentifying furniture styles is better served byconfining the term Jacobean to the reigns ofJames I and Charles I (1603-1649) and dividingthe remainder of the whole period into Cromwel-lian (1640-1660) and Carolean (1660-1688). Mrs. Candees recent book. Jacobean Fur-niture, begins with the time of James I—theJacobus whose Latin nickname gave the periodits desi
. International studio. in the furniture which wasmade under the reigns of Charles II and James II. While the entire period comprising the reignsof the four Stuarts and the Commonwealth (1603-1688) is often called Jacobean, the purpose ofidentifying furniture styles is better served byconfining the term Jacobean to the reigns ofJames I and Charles I (1603-1649) and dividingthe remainder of the whole period into Cromwel-lian (1640-1660) and Carolean (1660-1688). Mrs. Candees recent book. Jacobean Fur-niture, begins with the time of James I—theJacobus whose Latin nickname gave the periodits designation—but traces the influence of theperiod immediately preceding which ended withElizabeth, the last of the Tudors. The secondchapter carries through to the reign of Charles II,and in the third is marked The End of PureJacobean and the traits of the fourth chapter deals with the Carolean. orCharles II furniture of the Restoration, and thelast chapter covers the passing of the Stuarts Book Reviews. PUBLISHERS JOHN LANE John Lane Company. It is profusely illustratedand these photographs of young girls and childrenposturing and dancing are delightful commentarieson the text, which is also commented upon inan illuminating introduction by Ivan the reader expects to find a poetic plea com-bined with good practical common-sense to be-come a worshipper of Terpsichore, he will not bedisappointed. The titles of the different chap-ters already denote reasons why we all shoulddance. In the one on Our Debt to ClassicSculpture a paradoxical reference is made to theteaching of tranquillity by the ancient surely is movement, but a tranquil mindmeans confidence and happiness in ones own taskand is conducive to spontaneity both in mentaland physical expression of self. There is anexcellent chapter on The Tyranny of Clothes,though why draperies should not be termedclothes would have surprised an old Greek orRoman! Doctors endorse the opinion of Li
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