Cheese, Caxrets Axo Rvos, By Adolf "Wackmack;" translation by Miss 'L.
Arnold. "(The French" Library, Tientsin).
Although Chinese carpets and rugs are now exported to nearly. every part of the world and are 30 greatly admired, the inner meaning of the colours and designs and symbols of those of native pattern are but little under tood by the general public. This book is a by no means unsuccessful attempt to give briefly, in clear: and concise langu concerning Chinese ' carpets ami their manufacture, without encumbering the work technical facts, esting manner; the subject of the colours of Chinese carpets is dealt clearly and in an instructive and informative style; carpet deigns are discussed ina way the layman can understand, and the operation of weaving the carpet is described admirably. Profusely illustrated, produced on the best art paper with an unassuming yet attractive cover, this book shoul make a wide appeal to those to whom the Chinese carpet is more than a meaningless household convenience.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.