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' SAMPSON LOW , MABSTON , & CO . S 'LIST—continued . IMPORTANT NEW WORK ON JAPANESE ORNAMENTAL ART . NOW COMPLETE . Audsley ( G . A . ) . —The Ornamental Arts of Japan . Dedicated , by special permission , ' to His Royal Highness t'Jie Dflke of Edinburgh K W . G ith ., K general . T . Illustrated and descri with ptive 101 text Plates . By — Geoeg 70 in e Colours Ashdotfn and Audsley Gold , and , Fellow 3 . 1 in of Monochrome the Royal ! Insti * The tute Keramic of British Art of Architects Japan / and , Member Author , of of the severa Asiatic l Works Society on of Art Japan . Comp , one lete of the in Four Authors Parts of Now Heady . , enclosed Conditions in ornamental of Publication cloth portfolios — . The work . , forming two handsome folio volumes , is issued in four parts author The and entir publ e edition ishers bind for the themselves sale in Eng neither ^ land and to print the Colonies further cop is strictl ies nor y l publish imited any to 690 smaller copies edition . The . Notice— . The entire English edition of artists' proof copies of 'The Ornamental Arts of Japan' is subscribed for , and tjie list is closed . General Englan cop d and , pri the nted Colonies on finest ... plat 6 .. paper . , .. . y 640 ... cop . ies .. prin .. te . 'd . for ... dale . in .. £ \ o 15 0 In 2 Vols ., handsomely bound in leather , specially designed by the Author ... ... 23 2 0 % * The grice will shortly be increased to £ 16 . 16 s . and £ 23 . 10 s . respectively . i PRESS OPINIONS . c might be expected , the most attractive and , perhaps , the most important part of Mr . Audsley ' s book consists of the illustrations , excellently chosen , and printed in colours in the most beautiful manner by M . Lemercier , of Paris Tim ' es . colonr < It - is prin so ting excellent it is really in © very superb "way th ; in at ro these praise respects can , go beyond eed , it its is one merits of . the As mos a mere t perfect specimen works of of typography the kind ever and publish little short ed . of The masterl plates y . reflect He is the enthusiastic highest credit but on not the infatuated various lit , though hographers , infatuation engaged is ; and a characteristic Mr . Audsley of ' s le too tterpress much of is style English ; he writing is caTeful on Japanese in his facts art , and ; be modest is learned in his but theories never dull , and , for all he he happily writes is uni distinguished tes scholarship by with a view a of simpl art e as readable sound in and terest clear . ' — as St his . James feeling ' s , Gazette for it is . strong and unaffected . The result is a contribution to art literature of the highest 'It is almost impossible to imagine that the arts of cbromo-lithograpliy and heliogravure can be carried to a higher workm pitch ' Mr of an . perfection Audsley . The boo describes . '— k Pall thus Mall more acquires . fully Gazette peculiar than . has value hitherto . . . . But been the done illustrations the methods to , the proce book sses , , and printed appliances in colours of the by art 3 f . are Lemercier combined , of to Paris produce , consti ill tu ustratio te its chief ns than attraction which anything , and not the more least toeautiful part of and its perfect value . Photogravure could hardly be and conceived colour-printing . ' Illustrated London News . NEW WORK BY THE AUTHOR OF 'LITTLE WOMEN' & c . Alcott ( Louisa M . ) . —Jo ' s Boys and How They Turned Out . A Sequel to ' Little Men . ' Small post 8 vo . cloth extra . Price 5 s . \ lteaJy . I Armytage ( Mrs . ) . —The Wars of Queen Victoria ' s ! Reign , By the Hon . Mrs . Armytage . Crown 8 vo . cloth , 5 s . I t ^ M An Autumn Cruise B in the ifcgean ; or , Notes Crov < f / aj ni Voyage 8 vo . cloth in . a Sailing-Yacht . y One of the Pahty . With Illustrations and a Map . I Andersen ( Hans Christian ) . —Fairy Tales andl Stories . In TWo Parts . Illustrated with orer 500 Illustration * drawn expressly for ^ hi « Sikweb Edition s . Try S eminent quare cloth Scandinavian extra , 6 ¦ s . each Artists Volume . Translated . -from the Original Edition by Cau « London : SAMPSON LOW , MARSTON , SEARLE , & RIVIJSTGTON , I Crown Buildings , 188 Fleet Street , E . C : I r ftry ¦ ' ¦ * . ___ - ' .- "_ : —T- ^ -r—» " r ~" . " - . ' . ~~ : zj : r : r . z ~ . zxKS-. ' 2 : ; 7- ^~~~ ^ rTTTr , ^ ~ T-riT— - - ^~ r ~ . - -y " -. rrr—^^ B

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