Mr. Edward Arnold's List of New Books 9 



THE WALLET SERIES OF HANDBOOKS. 



MR. EDWARD ARNOLD has pleasure in announcing the publication 

 of a series of handbooks, ranging over a wide field, which are 

 intended to be practical guides to beginners in the subjects with 

 which they deal. The first five volumes, of which descriptions are 

 given below, may be regarded as typical of the scope and treatment of 

 the whole series, which is published at is. net per volume, paper, 

 and 2s. net cloth. 



ON COLLECTING ENGRAVINGS, POTTERY, 

 PORCELAIN, GLASS, AND SILVER. 



By ROBERT ELWARD. 



Each subject is first treated historically, and then many valuable hints are 

 given with the object of putting the collector on his guard against forgeries and 

 worthless specimens generally. 



DRESS OUTFITS FOR ABROAD. 



By ARDERN HOLT, 



AUTHOR OF ' FANCY DRESSES DESCRIBED,' ' GENTLEMEN'S FANCY DRESS AND How TO 

 CHOOSE IT,' ETC. 



After preliminary general advice on the outfits required by ladies and gentle- 

 men for prolonged tours and voyages, the author, who is a well-known writer on 

 this important subject, describes the actual dress requirements of both sexes at a 

 very large number of places in all parts of the world, having regard to the 

 climatic and social conditions prevailing at each. 



ELECTRIC LIGHTING FOR THE 

 INEXPERIENCED. 



By HUBERT WALTER. 



In this volume the art of lighting a house of moderate size with electricity is 

 discussed for the benefit of the person who is anxious to do the thing well and 

 cheaply, but who has no practical knowledge of the many little details which 

 have to be considered in order to get a good result. All technical matters are 

 explained in the simplest possible manner. 



HOCKEY AS A GAME FOR WOMEN. 



By EDITH THOMPSON. 



The ever-increasing popularity of Hockey among the fair sex renders necessary 

 an authoritative treatise on the game from the feminine point of view. The 

 author is an acknowledged mistress of her subject, and deals exhaustively with 

 the whole theory and practice of the game. 



WATER-COLOUR PAINTING. 



By MARY L. BREAKELL (' PENUMBRA ') 



An enormous amount of experienced advice on the practice of a most fascinating 

 art is compressed into this small volume, which will be found invaluable, not 

 only by beginners, but also by more advanced students. 



