The Arts and Crafts Exhibition, London, 1906 
under the inspiration of Mr. Douglas Cockerell of a 
peculiarly restrained beauty. 
It is absolutely impossible to make anything like 
a critical survey of work in an exhibition of this mag¬ 
nitude, or even to do anything like justice to the ex¬ 
hibits in classes. The utmost one can do is to re¬ 
cord impressions of things that have appealed per¬ 
sonally. A word or two must be added, however, 
about the very high standard of work sent in by the 
technical schools, as having an important bearing on 
the sociological question dealt with above. I he Arts 
and Crafts Society recognize this importance, as 
they have made a special feature of work by students. 
The Cass Institute, many of whose students are gen¬ 
uine artisans, or such in embryo, send excellent metal 
work, and their case of jewelry is almost the best in 
the exhibition. This is only to be expected from Mr. 
Rathbone’s influence, he being one of the well-known 
metal-workers who has always been content to have 
his excellent workmanship speak for itself and whose 
name has always been associated with practical and 
useful things; he and Mr. Harold Stabler are to be 
congratulated on the success of their teaching efforts. 
The Birmingham Municipal School of Art has for 
years been known as a fountain head of first class 
work, and the tradition is maintained. The jewel¬ 
ry again, silver and other metal work, is so good that 
it is hopeless to particularize, and some of the needle¬ 
work executed under the tuition of Miss Mary New- 
ill is equally fine. Other institutions showing ex¬ 
cellent results are the Shoreditch Technical Institute 
and the Central School of Arts and Crafts, both un¬ 
der the London County Council. 
This work strikes a most hopeful note, and gives 
NEEDLEWORK PANEL (Unfinished) BY MRS. WALTER CAVE 
a reason for believing that in spite of the stress of la¬ 
bor wars, the abuse of machinery and other evils 
from which we suffer, we may emerge with a hold on 
our traditions of handicraft and a national art. 
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