Shellac, eight parts; gum benzoin, 3 parts; gum mastic, two parts; bruise, and digest in alcohol, forty-eight parts; oil of lavender, one-half part. Or digest shellac, four parts; gum mastic, two parts; gum dammer and white turpentine, of each, one part; with alcohol (95 per cent.,) twenty-eight parts.

Red Sprinkle for Bookbinder's Red - Brazil wood (ground,) 4 parts; alum, 1 part; vinegar, 4 parts; water, 4 parts. Boil until reduced to 7 parts, then add a quantity of loaf sugar and gum; bottle for use.

Blue

Strong sulphuric acid, 8 oz.; Spanish indigo, powdered, 2 oz.; mix in a bottle that will hold a quart, and place it in a warm bath to promote solution. For use, dilute a little to the required color in a tea-cup.

Black

No better black can be procured than that made by the receipt for surface blacking, in this work, which see.

Orange Color

Ground Brazil wood, 16 parts; annotto, 4 parts; alum, sugar, and gum arabic, each 1 part; water, 70 parts; boil, strain, and bottle.

Purple

Logwood chips, 4 parts; powdered alum, 1 part; soft water, 24 parts; boil until reduced to 16 parts, and bottle for use.

Green

French berries, 1 part; soft water, 8 parts. Boil and add a little powdered alum; then bring it to the required shade of green by adding liquid blue.

Brown

Logwood chips, l part: annotto. 1 part; boil in water, 6 parts; if too light, add a piece of copperas the size of a pea.