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OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. 



" Mr. Japp has found out quite a new field, and 

 given a great deal of information which will prove 

 new to most of his readers. Some of the subjects 

 have been treated of before, yet even here Mr. 

 Japp has managed to infuse much originality." 

 Saturday Review. 



"An interesting volume, embracing a series of 

 sketches, commencing with leather and ending with 

 the post office. The author is well-known as a contri- 

 butor to the magazines, and most of his " Glances " 

 recently formed a feature in one of them, and they 

 are worthy of republication." The Figaro. 



" Dr. A. H. Japp has collected into a handsome 

 volume a series of papers which originally appeared 

 in a condensed form in Good Words and other 

 magazines, on a great variety of trades and manu- 

 factures. He begins with * Leather ' and ends with 

 'The Post Office.' Wherever he goes, whether 

 among wool-sorters or needle makers, into a hop 

 garden or a goldsmith's, with the photographer or 

 the locksmith, he is quick to catch the salient 

 features of the industry, and his descriptions are 

 so lucid that we miss none of the points. Much 

 of the information he has gleaned by personal in- 

 spection will be novel to the most of his readers ; 

 and the book is, on the whole, one of the most 

 entertaining as well as instructive that can be 

 imagined. The ladies will be sure to relish the 

 chapters on the sewing-machine, needles, perfumes, 

 seals and sealskins ; and the book is one that will 

 have a special charm for many classes of readers." 

 North British Daily Mail. 



