BOOT MAKING AND MENDING

This Handbook qontains, in a form convenient foi»
everyday use, a comprehensive digest of the knowledge
of How to Make and Repair Boots and Shoes, scattered
over ten thousand columns of Work, the weekly
journal it is my fortune to edit—and supplies concise
instruction in the general principles of the craft on
which it treats.
In preparing for publication in book form the mass
of relevant matter already published in the volumes of
Work, much that was tautological in character had to be
rejected. The remainder necessarily had to be arranged
anew, altered and largely re-written. From these
causes the contributions of many are so blended that
the writings of individuals cannot be distinguished for
acknowledgment.
However, it may be mentioned that a number of
articles from the pen of Mr. William Greenfield, an
acknowledged adept in the craft, are incorporated in
the text.
Readers who may desire additional information re
specting special details of the matters dealt with in this
Handbook, or instruction on kindred subjects, should
address a question to Work, so that it may be
answered in the columns of that journal.
P. N. HASLUCK.