BOOKBINDING is one of the simplest as well as one of the most attractive of the crafts that can be practised at home. From the simple and plain linen stitched cardboard cover to the ornate and more permanent leather cover, there are all sorts of grades of difficulty matching our development in the craft and our ability. Publishers are gradually achieving real distinction in their machine-made covers; but it is neither practicable nor commercially possible to achieve the charm and distinction that is possible in the hand-bound book, given craftsmanship, time, and artistic sensibility.