_OLD GLASS AND HOW TO COLLECT IT_ [Illustration] _The Standard Book on the Subject._ A HISTORY OF ENGLISH STAINED GLASS WINDOWS. By MAURICE DRAKE. Fully Illustrated in Colour and Half-tone. Foolscap folio. £2, 2s. net. “One of the most beautiful, nay, most sumptuous, books produced in recent years, and from that point of view the Author and the publisher, the artist and the printer, and, indeed, also the binder, are to be heartily congratulated. But it is also an interesting book to read, although the subject is not everyone’s subject, for it is written, not merely with knowledge, which one can find anywhere on most subjects, but with knowledge touched with humanity, which is the kind of knowledge that we want in a book.”--_Daily Chronicle._ FIRST STEPS IN COLLECTING. By Mrs GRACE VALLOIS, Author of “Antiques and Curios in our Homes.” 64 Illustrations. Picture Cover. 6s. net. In this book G. M. Vallois has grappled successfully with the problem of how to give the amateur a slight general knowledge of a wide subject, without deluging him with technical details. ANTIQUES AND CURIOS IN OUR HOMES. By G. M. VALLOIS. 61 Illustrations. 6s. net. In addition to being interesting to those who possess old furniture, etc., it should appeal to young persons making a home, as, even though they may not be able to buy Antique Furniture, it is of educational value to them, inasmuch as it teaches in a most fascinating manner the difference between Sheraton and Chippendale, between Wedgwood and Willow Pattern, etc. [Illustration: A fine specimen of Early Bristol Glass, with landscape painted by Edkin.] OLD GLASS AND HOW TO COLLECT IT BY J. SYDNEY LEWIS ILLUSTRATED LONDON T. WERNER LAURIE LTD. 30 NEW BRIDGE STREET, E.C.4 The Author desires to express his best thanks to Miss Whitmore Jones, Mr Cole of Law, Foulsham & Cole, Mr A. Edwards of Messrs Edwards Limited, for their kind permission to include examples of old English and Irish glass from their Collections, and to Messrs Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge for allowing him to include the list of prices fetched by various specimens at their Sales. He is also desirous of acknowledging the assistance he has received from the Authorities of the British and Dublin Museums, and also to the late Mr J. Herbert Bailey, to whom and to “The Connoisseur” he is indebted for several of the illustrations. His indebtedness to the great work of Mr A. Hartshorne is one which he shares with every writer who takes as his subject “Old English Glass.” CONTENTS