Books published by publisher Van Nostrand Reinhold Co

A comprehensive and richly illustrated book covering every phase of hand-building and decorating clay pieces, working with tools usually found in the home. Detailed step-by-step instructions for making pots, bowls, tiles, panels and other useful pieces. Includes 39 glaze recipes and many techniques for applying stains, as well as a glossary of terms and a bibliography of books and magazines for beginning and advanced potters.

From the dust jacket: "Stitchery is proving to be so valuable in developing creativity in children that more and more teachers and mothers want to know how to bring to children this joyful and meaningful experience.... The book starts with stitchery for children as young as 2 1/2 and continues through High School. It is organized by ages and school grades. All the material is new, prepared with children in mind. There are over 200 stitch diagrams and 175 photographs, most of which show children's stitcheries...."

Since 1836, children have been delighted by the McGuffey Readers' exotic adventures, exciting stories, beautiful poems, and funny fables. This companion volume was revised in 1879 to conform in orthography, pronunciation, and spelling to the latest edition of Webster's Unabridged Dictionary. The Eclectic Spelling-Book was designed to teach students the English language not by appealing merely to memory, but by associating each lesson with some principle of sound, meaning, or accent.