. The Decorator's assistant. t long experienced but ;hitherto inadequately supplied, and, in the words of its Prospectus, to present to the |Working Man a valuable book at a small cost—a book that may be read without anyof the irks©meness of technicalities, while at the same time completeness is not lost sight ofin the endeavour to popularise. Its principal feature is essentially Design as applied to theUseful and Ornamental Arts; and alone secondary to that must be ranked a Record ofPopular Science, rendered as practical as possible, and selected with a view both to interestand instruct. We h
. The Decorator's assistant. t long experienced but ;hitherto inadequately supplied, and, in the words of its Prospectus, to present to the |Working Man a valuable book at a small cost—a book that may be read without anyof the irks©meness of technicalities, while at the same time completeness is not lost sight ofin the endeavour to popularise. Its principal feature is essentially Design as applied to theUseful and Ornamental Arts; and alone secondary to that must be ranked a Record ofPopular Science, rendered as practical as possible, and selected with a view both to interestand instruct. We have endeavoured to keep our promise, and now flatter ourselves that we have doneso. Encouraged by our Readers and the Public Press, we have striven to be still moredeserving of their commendations; and, while we have endeavoured to advance the know-ledge of the Decorator, we have not forgotten the Man of Science; nor have we beenparsimonious with intellectual food sui*^ed to the neutral taste of the General Reader. ■m *. *^* Several of the following refer to the Answers to Correspondents and Ans\ers to Queries. Acanthus Leaf of the Cormtliian Column, pa^e 1. Alkali in Tobacco, 30. Amalgam for a Metallic Varnish, 78. American Patent, 61. Ancient Smoke, 140. Anglo-Saxon Architecture, 165. Applegaths Printing Machine, 159. Archimedean Stove, 15. Architectural Association, 196. Records, 122. and Interior Ornament, 124. Armenian Cement, Railway, , Demand for Labour in, , Literary and Art Property in, 37. j Ball-room, Goldsmids, 32. ! Beauty of Form, 49. i Bedsteads, Construction and Position of, Bessemers Treatise on Railway Trains, &c., 67. Board of Green Cloth, 32. Bohemian Glass, 72. Bookbinders Tool-Cutters, Design for, 3S. Botanic Gardens, 94. Bouquet-Holder, Design for a, 85. Brass, &c., to Bronze, 54. ,to Make, 186. Breaking Gold, 120. Bricks, 191. Bridge, a Great, 8. over the TafF, 136. British Museum and National Gallery, 99
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