“We read the story of his life with respect, and even admiration, so steady and effective a worker was he, but with little sympathy or stirring of heart.”
+ Spec. 96: 386. Mr. 10, ’06. 240w.
Hobson, Robert L. Porcelain, Oriental, Continental and British. **$3.50. Dutton.
A book whose object is “to give in inexpensive form all the facts a collector needs, with as many practical hints as can be compressed in a general work of portable size.” He deals with the porcelains of all countries showing that paste, glaze and decoration are surer guides in classification than the manufacturer’s mark. The work is handsomely illustrated.
“The chapters on Oriental porcelain will be of special service to the amateur, and the illustrations are to be commended, because they are chosen, not as supurb specimens, but as typical pieces.”
+ Ind. 61: 520. Ag. 30, ’06. 490w.
“Notwithstanding the great dimensions which ceramic literature has now assumed, there is, so far as we are aware, no published work which quite answers the purpose which this ‘handy book of reference for collectors’ is intended to serve.”
+ Int. Studio. 29: 273. S. ’06. 180w.
“There is a loss of practical usefulness in the failure to study wares of recent design and manufacture. What is given in the book is generally admirable.”