I will not say that this holder is better than Mr. Prime’s, though I point with pride to the facility and simplicity of its construction; but I think I can boast that it is cheaper. The dark blue Staffordshire plates especially should be thus hung on the wall, where they form so rich a point of color that they put to shame all the thin water-colors and pale French china in their vicinity, and make us fully appreciate Oscar Wilde’s sigh of “trying to live up to his blue and white china.” But let me no longer dwell on the charms of our widely gathered possessions, lest it be said of me as was of Horace Walpole— “China’s the passion of his soul, A cup, a plate, a dish, a bowl Can kindle wishes in his breast, Inflame with joy or break his rest;” but end with the assurance that I fully concur in the words of a well-known English collector: “China-collecting is not a mere fancy—it is a complete education.” INDEX Acrelius, Parson, 217 Adams, President, china of, 251, 301 Alchymy spoons, 43 Annely, Edward, 80 Anti-slavery plate, 333 Apotheosis of Washington, pitcher, 265 Arnold, Governor Benedict, 45 Auction, country, in New England, 33 “Baby,” Milliner’s, 58 Bache, Mrs., 65 Bainbridge portrait on mug, 310 _Baltimore Advertiser_, announcement in, of sale of china, 235 Baltimore plate, 334 Baltimore and Ohio plates, 334 Barlow, S. L. M., sale of china of, 176 Bat-printing, 156 Beach ware, 26 Bennington ware, 97 Binney & Ronaldson, 93 Bonaparte, Lucien, cup and saucer of, 29 Bonaparte mugs, 152 Bonnin, Gousse, 89 Boston plates, 337 Bostonian Society, the, 305, 311, 411 Bow china, 54, 119, 120, 122 Bowen, Samuel, 86 Bradford, Governor, china of, 45 Bristol porcelain, 123; teapot, 208 Broseley blue dragon pieces, 131 Buchanan, President, china of, 253 Bugbee, Thomas, 83 Burlington, old pottery at, 79 Burnet, Governor, 60 Cadogan teapot, 204 Calumet, the, 75; of the Cherokees, 76 Cambridge plates, 321 Canton china, blue, 183; sale of, direct from the vessel, 186 Castleford pottery, 117 Centennial china, 343 Champion, Richard, 85, 89, 123, 280 China collector, a professional, 13; a Yankee, 18 China in America, earliest mentions of, 56; advertisements of, in the early Boston papers, 66; old American, 70; inexhaustible materials for manufacture of, in America, 90; with American scenes, etc., 137 China steps, 418 Chinese ewer, 190 Cincinnati punch-bowl, 223; of General Washington, 230 _et seq._, 239 City Hall pitcher, 360 Clews, Mr. James, 327 Congressional punch-bowl, 216 Cookworthy, William, 84 Copper-lustre pitcher, 387 Crouch-ware, 109 Crown Derby plate, 380 Danvers pottery, song of, 78 Davis, Mrs. James M., Bristol porcelain urn of, 124 Decatur portrait, 310 Deerfield Memorial Hall, 412