THE BOWL
Some master-craftsman, maker of porcelains, to the Emperor, the Son of Heaven,
Having attained the paradise of artists, who mould in life and fire,
Fashioned this day:
A bowl blue as the iris within the sacred gardens,
Based with a low design of brown bare hills,
A pine or two new-tipped with tender needles,
With oak buds, pink and saffron,
And birds red, brown, and blue.
Into this bowl, exquisite and perishable,
The Patron of all artists heaps light and more light;
Then holding high the brimming chalice, quaffs,
And folds it in his altar-cloth of stars.
Carl H. Grabo. (From the Nation.)
Contents
| I. | Into the Woods | [9] |
| II. | Mr. Croyden Keeps His Promise | [31] |
| III. | Theo Meets with a Calamity | [47] |
| IV. | Mr. Croyden's Story | [60] |
| V. | The Potter Who Burned His Chairs | [80] |
| VI. | From Vases to Drain-Pipes | [98] |
| VII. | Porcelain at Last | [111] |
| VIII. | The Third Famous Potter | [129] |
| IX. | The Romance of French China-Making | [149] |
| X. | How the Italians Made China | [160] |
| XI. | Our English Cousins | [173] |
| XII. | Theo Makes a Present | [193] |
| XIII. | The Trenton Visit | [210] |
| XIV. | The Beginning of the Porcelain Pilgrimage | [223] |
| XV. | How Porcelain is Made | [235] |
| XVI. | Dishes, Dishes Everywhere! | [246] |
| XVII. | The Decoration of China | [260] |
| XVIII. | Theo's Great Choice | [281] |
Illustrations
| PAGE | |
| "It Was No Ordinary Dog" | [Frontispiece] |
| "I Had Forgotten All About Bed" | [29] |
| "He Used Every Splinter of Wood" | [93] |
| "His Servants Dug Some of the Clay" | [137] |
| "This is a Present" | [208] |
| "It is a Costly Process, and Rather Slow" | [249] |