. Repoussé work for amateurs : being the art of ornamenting thin metal with raised figures. WARD. Accepted by theQueen, the Princess of Wales, Edinburgh, the Duchessof Connaught, Albany. Dedi-cated by specialpermission PrincessLouise, Mar-chioness of demy 4to, 528pp.,829 illustrations, extra cloth gilt, plainedges, cushioned bevelled boards, price21s.; with COLOURED PLATES, elegantfancy binding, and coloured edges (forpresentation), 31s. 6d. Also in MonthlyParts, price Is. This very complete andrather luxurious volume i

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. Repoussé work for amateurs : being the art of ornamenting thin metal with raised figures. WARD. Accepted by theQueen, the Princess of Wales, Edinburgh, the Duchessof Connaught, Albany. Dedi-cated by specialpermission PrincessLouise, Mar-chioness of demy 4to, 528pp.,829 illustrations, extra cloth gilt, plainedges, cushioned bevelled boards, price21s.; with COLOURED PLATES, elegantfancy binding, and coloured edges (forpresentation), 31s. 6d. Also in MonthlyParts, price Is. This very complete andrather luxurious volume is a thoroughencyclopaedia of artistic, plain, and fancyneedlework After being sub-mitted to the severe test of femininecriticism, the Dic-tionary emerges triumphant The volume, as awhole, deserves nosmall commenda-tion. — The Stan-dard. This volume,one of the hand-somest of its kind,is illustrated in thebest sense of theterm. ... It is use-ful and concise—infact, it is exactlywhat it professes tobe. . This bookhas endured the se-verest test at ourcommand with rare

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