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“The first half a dozen chapters are devoted to primitive and early glass down to the middle ages.... There are also Assyrian cylinders of glass and an Assyrian cone of the beautiful emerald glass. Other chapters tell of medieval treatises on glass, of Saracenic enameled glass, of Venetian glass, whether enameled or otherwise, and that of the renaissance, French, Spanish and Netherlandish. Two chapters are devoted to German, two to English and one to Dutch glass; Persia, India and China together supply material for another chapter; while the final pages are devoted to contemporary glass.”—Ind.
“Mr. Dillon’s book should aid in the improvement of taste. His work is ably written.”
| + + | Acad. 73: 5. O. 12, ’07. 1940w. |
“The book is technical enough to be useful to the student, and full enough of history, romantic suggestion and beautiful illustrations to hold the attention of the untrained person with artistic impulses who is beginning to take an interest in glass.”
| + | Ind. 63: 226. Jl. 25, ’07. 280w. |
“It is a compilation, of course; but it will for a long time hold its place as the best and most authoritative general account of the subject to be found in English, or perhaps in any language.”
| + + | Lond. Times. 6: 142. My. 3, ’07. 490w. |
“We cannot blame a book or work of art for not being what it does not pretend to be, but a large volume with the general title ‘Glass’ may be called to account if it gives no hint of the interesting things which are being done in our time.”