The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-07-26

have returned home in glorious array. Of the two that failed in their mission. one perished in fire at olden- burg, while the other was swallowed up by an earthquake in Greece. The
 rest are safely ensconced in glass cases at the Caxton Head, where MT. Tregas- kis has set above them. as a motto, these lines from Barclays Ship Of Fools"
 Tt were too much to be in such lande | For to be bound 10 locke within the booke; | am content on the faire covering to looke." There Is scarcely an example in this interesting collection which does not merit separate remark. It must suf- flee, however, to call attention to those pieces in which special novelty of de- sign or beauty of workmanship are to be noted. The materials used are. of course. for the most part calf. morocco. vellum and pigskin. But metaL wood, needlework and snakeskin have also been employed with characteristic re- suits. Curiously enough. 1t is from a European city whose craftsman are held in no particular esteem that the most elaborate example of bookbinding in leather has come to MT. Tregaskis To NM. Fristrup and Andersen. of | Copenhagen, belongs the honor of hay ing fashioned for King Florus and the Fair Jehane' covering of inlaid moroc- CO., which easily out-distances all com peting in the same field. Thirteen col ored letters are used in this piece, while the gold tooling is also very fine. An n har al 6aaipp In rpnracco fno- saic-work halls from Stockholm, the prevailing hues being lemon, dark green and white.
 MT. Tregaskis has not looked for beautiful work at home without finding 1t. A crushed olive morocco binding, strewn with elaborate designs in gold. entities MorrelFs of London. to high rank among English craftsmen. Mrs. Graham and MT. H. Jacobsen represent the metropolis with fine examples of handtooled and stained calf; while MT. B. E. Buckland's chased and re- pousse copper work Is unique so far as the present exhibition Is concerned. Many other pieces are likewise to be sent down to England's credit. France, if 1t offers no specially striking in stances of the bookbinder's craft, sends some beautifully finished morocco work The palm of victory in Ger many lies with Liepsic, whence comes brilliant. yet delicate, design in paint ed calf Amsterdam has followed the monastic manner of the fifteenth cen tury, and brings to the competition a binding of white stamped pigskin fur nished with antique brass clasps. Graceful in the extreme is the contribu- tion in Roman vellum which comes from Holborn from the Eternal city; while another bygone style is revived in the cover of wood, painted by hand and inlaid with mother-of-pearl which a Venetian craftsman has copied from a book in the Civic museum at Venice.
 America holds fair place in MT. Tregaskis' catalogue, notable specimens being plain but elegant binding in polished crimson morocco from Mem- phis, and a piece from Chicago which boasts very exquisite doublure of blue morocco, inlaid with red and highly fooled with gold. Among the1less con- ventional covers in the collection is one from Ceylon of indigo calf, heavily adorned with chased and repousse sil- ver-work; a buckskin binding from Montreal, to which is attached book marker. bearing for ornament the bead work tag of a mocoasin: 8 fine exam pie in carved wood from Burmah de- signs from Bankok and Yokohama in bamboo, and from Tokio in embroid- cred silk: and, finally, specimens of Australian craftsmanship In Fiddle Back" wood and snakeskin.. There re- mains only to call attention to two beautiful pieces, in fashioning which the needle has borne an important part. These are Mrs. Walter Cranes repro- duction in colored threads and silks of design by her husband, and rich ex- ample of Oriental embroidery from Ma dras. worked principally in gold and silver wire, and freely bespangled. With these remarks we may commend MT. and Mrs. Tregaskis' most interest ing exhibition to the notice of all book Telegraph.
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