PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.
N no similar period of this country's history has there
been such activity and gratifying progress in the
ceramic art as during the seven years which have
elapsed since the appearance of the first edition of the
Pottery and Porcelain of the United S/aes, whose closing
words, in the light of the present condition of the indus-
try, seem to have been almost prophetic. At that time
our manufacturers were struggling to overcome the deep-
seated prejudice which had existed so long in the public
mind against home productions. Since then, however,
more than one establishment has adopted as its trade-
mark the legend " Made in America," with gratifying re-
suilts. New potteries have sprung up and taken their
places beside those which have long been established,
while the latter have developed new wares and improved
the old, to an unprecedented extent.  The World's Co-
lumbian Exposition, held at Chicago in 1893, marked the
beginning of an industrial movement which has continued
with increasing impetus to the end of the century just
closed. At the recent Paris Exposition our potters en-
tered into competition with the civilized world and carried
away their full share of honors.
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