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380 REVIEWS. 



tical success, until M. Acklin, a French engineer, at length solved the 

 problem, and fitted up several looms, which are now at work in or near 

 Paris. They save 30 per cent, in the cost of pasteboard, the tedious 

 operation of lacing is avoided, and the expenses of preservation and 

 transport of bulky and heavy pasteboard cards are saved, and the work 

 is more regular, the " backing off" more certain and accurate, and the 

 weavers' time and labour economised, and the rapid working of power- 

 looms is facilitated. The improvement may be applied to existing 

 Jacquard looms with little expense, and may be erected or removed in a 

 short time. 



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The Book of Perfumes. By Ecgexe Rimmel. Chapman and Hall. 



This is a work which will be popular, in the most widely-extended sense 

 of the term, for it will interest large numbers, not only by the elegance 

 of its getting up, but by the variety of the information it affords. Mr. 

 Rimmel must have read long and deeply to have accumulated the vast 

 stores of information of which he has given us the cream. From his 

 valuable jnry report at the last International Exhibition, and his paper 

 read before the Society of Arts, we were prepared to find a large stock of 

 knowledge opened up to us in any work emanating from his pen. But 

 this elegant volume, with its various beauties of illustration, exterior and 

 interior, and its sweet scent of perfume wafted on the air as we turn 

 the leaves, more than fulfils the promise. After a preliminary chapter on 

 the physiology of perfumes, we are led through the manners and 

 customs in this respect of the Egyptians, Jews, ancient Asiatic nations, 

 Greeks, Romans, Orientals, and natives of the countries of the far East, 

 whilst uncivilized nations are not overlooked. Then the use of per- 

 fumes and the varying partialities of Gauls and Britons in ancient and 

 modern times are dwelt on. Lastly, we have chapters devoted to the 

 commercial uses of flowers and plants, and the several materials chiefly 

 used in perfumery. 



To say that all these subjects are treated with a master-hand is no 

 more than the truth ; and, despite the modest preface of the author, his 

 erudition and widely-extended practical knowledge are evidenced in 

 every page. The general mode of treatment of the subject, as well as 

 the taste and skill shown in the selection of appropriate woodcut 

 illustrations, are alike creditable to the author. Indeed, it is just such 

 a work as may be read with profit and pleasure by all, whether old or 

 young, and as a drawing-room book, or agreeable souvenir, it forms one 



