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A Book of Precious Stones
port of the art book department, which is known as " the Greene foundation."
The productions of designers and workers in jewelry seen in the annual exhibitions now held by the National Arts Club, in collaboration with the National Society of Craftsmen, in the galleries of the club at 119 East Nineteenth Street, New York City, prove the good work that is being done by individuals and members of various schools and classes; these include the jewelry class of the New York Evening School, and the jewelry class of Miss Grace Hazen of Gloucester, Mass.
At Newark, N. J., an industrial city which includes among its industries considerable jew­elry manufacturing, there is the Newark Techni­cal School, supported by appropriations from both the city of Newark and the State of New Jersey, which has a valuable course for workers in jewelry.
In Boston there is continuous encouragement to designers of art jewelry in the work and influence of the Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, incorporated in 1897, and which holds exhibitions semi-annually. A recent exhibition of this society included a valuable and mos interesting display of American jewelry,