A CATALOGUE OF 
TAPESTRIES : THEIR ORIGIN, HISTORY, 
AND RENAISSANCE. By George Leland Hunter. With 
four full-page Plates in Colour, and 147 Half-tone Engravings. 
Square 8vo. Cloth. 16s. net. 
This is a fascinating book on a fascinating subject. It is written by a 
scholar whose passion for accuracy and original research did not prevent him 
from making a story easy to read. It answers the questions people are always 
asking as to how tapestries differ from paintings, and good tapestries from bad 
tapestries. It will interest lovers of paintings and rugs and history and fiction, 
for it shows how tapestries compare with paintings in picture interest, with rugs 
in texture interest, and with historic and other novels in romantic interest; 
presenting on a magnificent scale the stories of the Iliad and the Odyssey, the 
iEneid and the Metamorphoses, the Bible and the Saints, Ancient and Medieval 
History and Romance. In a word, the book is indispensable to lovers of art and 
literature in general, as well as to tapestry amateurs owners, and dealers. 
FROM STUDIO TO STAGE. By Weedon 
Grossmith. With 32 full-page Illustrations. Demy 8vo. 
1 6s. net. 
Justly famous as a comedian of unique gifts, Mr. Weedon Grossmith is 
nevertheless an extremely versatile personality, whose interests are by no means 
confined to the theatre. These qualities have enabled him to write a most 
entertaining book. He gives an interesting account of his early ambitions and 
exploits as an artist, which career he abandoned for that of an actor. He goes on 
to describe some of his most notable roles, and lets us in to little intimate 
glimpses “behind the scenes,” chats pleasantly about all manner of celebrities in 
the land of Bohemia and out of it, tells many amusing anecdotes, and like a true 
comedian is not bashful when the laugh is against himself. The book is well 
supplied with interesting illustrations, some of them reproductions of the 
author’s own work. 
FANNY BURNEY AT THE COURT OF 
QUEEN CHARLOTTE. By Constance Hill. Author of 
“The House in St. Martin Street,” “Juniper Hall,” etc. With 
numerous Illustrations by Ellen G. Hill and reproductions of 
contemporary Portraits, etc. Demy 8vo. 16s.net. 
\* This book deals with the Court life of Fanny Burney covering the years 
1786-91, and therefore forms a link between the two former works on Fanny 
Burney by the same writer, viz. “The House in St. Martin Street,” and 
“ Juniper Hall.” The writer has been fortunate in obtaining much unpublished 
material from members of the Burney family as well as interesting contemporary 
portraits and relics. The scene of action in this work is constantly shifting — 
now at Windsor, now at Kew, now sea-girt at Weymouth, and now in London ; 
and the figures that pass before our eyes are endowed with a marvellous vitality 
by the pen of Fanny Burney. When the court was at St. James’s the Keeper of 
the Robes had opportunities of visiting her own family in St. Martin Street, and 
also of meeting at the house of her friend Mrs. Ord “eveiything delectable in the 
blue way.” Thither Horace Walpole would come in all haste from Strawberry 
Hill for the sole pleasure of spending an evening in her society. After such a 
meeting Fanny writes--** he was in high spirits, polite, ingenious, entertaining, 
quaint and original.” A striking account of the King’s illness in the winter of 
1788-9 is given, followed by the widespread rejoicings for his recovery ; when 
London was ablaze with illuminations that extended for many miles around, and 
when “even the humblest dwelling exhibited its rush-light.” The author and the 
illustrator of this work have visited the various places, where King George and 
8 ueen Charlotte stayed when accompanied by Fanny Burney. Among these are 
xford, Cheltenham, Worcester, Weymouth and Dorchester; where sketches 
have been made, or old prints discovered, illustrative of those towns in the late 
iSth century savours of Georgian days. There the national flag may still be seen 
as it appeared before the union. 
ORIENTAL RUGS/A.NTIQUE AND MODERN. 
By Walter A. Hawley. With numerous Illustrations in Colour 
and Half-tone. Demy 4to. 42s. net. 
