UNWIN'S "CHATS" SERIES 



Chats on Household Curios. By FRED W. BURGESS. 

 With 94 Illustrations. Cloth, 6s. net. 



" Mr. Burgess gives much information about such attractive antiques 

 as old glass and enamels, old leather work, old clocks and watches, 

 old pipes, old seals, musical instruments, and even old samplers and 

 children's toys. The book is, in short, an excellent and compre- 

 hensive guide for what one may call the general collector, that is, 

 the collector who does not confine himself to one class of antique, 

 but buys whatever he comes across in the curio line, provided that 

 it is interesting and at moderate price." Aberdeen Free Press. 



Chats on Japanese Prints. By ARTHUR DAVISON 

 FICKE. With a coloured frontispiece and 56 Illustra- 

 tions. Cloth, 6s. net. Third Impression. 

 " Mr. Ficke writes with the knowledge of the expert, and his history 

 of Japanese printing from very early times and his criticism of the 

 artists' work are wonderfully interesting." Taller. 

 " This is one of the most delightful and notable members of an 

 attractive series. ... A beginner who shall have mastered and made 

 thoroughly his own the beauty of line and the various subtlety and bold- 

 ness of linear composition displayed in these sixty and odd photographs 

 will have no mean foundation for further study." Notes and Queries. 



Chats on Old Clocks. By ARTHUR HAYDEN. With a 

 frontispiece and 80 Illustrations. 2nd Ed. Cloth, 10s. 6d. net. 

 " A practical handbook dealing with the examples of old clocks likely 

 to come under the observation of the collector. Charmingly written 

 and illustrated." Outlook. 



" One specially useful feature of the work is the prominence Mr. 

 Hayden has given to the makers of clocks, dealing not only with 

 those of London, but also those of the leading provincial towns. The 

 lists he gives of the latter are highly valuable, as they are not to be 

 found in any similar book. The volume is, as usual with this series, 

 profusely illustrated, and may be recommended as a highly interesting 

 and useful general guide to collectors of clocks." The Connoisseur. 



Chats on Old Silver. By ARTHUR HAYDEN. With a 

 frontispiece, 99 full-page Illustrations, and illustrated 

 table of marks. Cloth, 10s. 6d. net. Third Impression. 

 " Mr. Hay den's ; Chats on Old Silver ' deals very thoroughly with a 

 popular branch of collecting. There are a hundred full-page illus- 

 trations together with illustrated tables and charts, and the student 

 of this book can wander round the old curiosity shops of these islands 

 with a valuable equipment of knowledge. . . . Altogether we have 

 here a well-written summary of everything that one could wish to 

 know about this branch of collecting." The Sphere. 



" The information it gives will be of exceptional value at this time, 

 when so many families will be forced to part with thoir treasures 

 and old silver is among the most precious possessions of the present 

 day." Morning Post. 



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