"All for whom the subject of stained glass possesses an interest and a charm, will peruse these pages with pleasure and profit."—The Morning Post.
"Mr. Day has done a worthy piece of work in more than his usual admirable manner ... the illustrations are all good and some the best black-and-white drawings of stained glass yet produced."—The Studio.
Now Published, the most handy, useful, and comprehensive work on the subject.
ALPHABETS, OLD AND NEW. Containing 150 complete Alphabets, 30 Series of Numerals, Numerous Facsimiles of Ancient Dates. Selected and arranged by Lewis F. Day. Preceded by a short account of the Development of the Alphabet. With Modern Examples specially Designed by Walter Crane, Patten Wilson, A. Beresford Pite, the Author, and others. Crown 8vo, art linen. Price 3s. 6d. net.
"Mr. Day's explanation of the growth of form in letters is particularly valuable.... Many excellent alphabets are given in illustration of his remarks."—The Studio.
"Everyone who employs practical lettering will be grateful for 'Alphabets, Old and New.' Mr. Day has written a scholarly and pithy introduction, and contributes some beautiful alphabets of his own design."—The Art Journal.
"A practical resumé of all that is to be known on the subject, concisely and clearly stated."—St. James' Gazette.
"It goes without saying that whatever Mr. Batsford publishes and Mr. Day has to do with is presented in a good artistic form, complete, and wherever that is possible, graceful."—The Athenæum.
ARCHITECTURE AMONG THE POETS. By H. Heathcote Statham. With 13 Illustrations. Square 8vo, artistically bound. Price 3s. 6d. net.
"This little work does for architecture in relation to English poetry what Mr. Phil Robinson has done for the birds and beasts. The poet's appreciation of architecture is a delightful subject with which Mr. Statham has become infected, not only illustrating his points with quotations and his judgments with his reasons, but the whole with a series of fanciful or suggestive sketches which add considerably to the attractiveness of the book."—The Magazine of Art.