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FOREWORD              ,         ,,AP      A7        ,46
W     ITH this number " The Craftsman" appears for the
  V     last time in its old attire. From the beginning, it
has aimed to illustrate by example, as well as to teach by
precept, the truth for which it stands, that the objects of
use which surround us in daily life should possess sim-
plicity and beauty. Accordingly, the October number will
mark not only the first anniversary of "The Craftsman's"
life, but another step in the execution of this cherished
purpose; for with it begins the use of new type, better
paper and a more convenient method of arranging illus-
trations. And beside this transformation in appearance
"The Craftsman" will be enlarged in several respects.
The size of the pages is to be increased, a larger number
of articles offered, and a department will be added in
which will appear reviews of current publications upon
the arts and crafts, and brief notes of information concern-
ing American and European craftsmanship.
                         Among the contributors to this
first number of the enlarged and beautified magazine will
be Mr. Ernest H. Crosby, who, inspired by the example
and teaching of Tolstoi, has become one of the foremost
social reformers in the United States; Mr. Frederick S.
Lamb, Secretary of the Municipal Art Society of New
York, and President of the Architectural League of Amer-
ica; and Instructor Oscar L. Triggs of the University of
Chicago, Secretary of the Industrial Art League of that
city. Miss Irene Sargent, who is now abroad, will write
about the craftsmen of Europe, and something will be
told of the work and purposes of the United Crafts.
                         The current issue of "The
Craftsman" offers articles upon a variety of topics, all,
however, having an intimate connection with our
larger and more general subject of craftsmanship. Miss
Irene Sargent, to whom the readers of "The Crafts-
man" are already indebted for several instructive and
well written articles, writes entertainingly and suggest-
ively this month upon Color, an Expression of Modem
Life.