Block prints from India for textiles by Lewis, A. B. (Albert Buell), 1867- Publication date 1924 PREFATORY NOTE With this issue Field Museum of Natural History inaugurates a new series of publications calculated to render accessible in convenient form primitive and oriental designs from material in the Museum collections. It is hoped that this series will render good services to teachers and pupils of public, high, and technical schools, as well as to professional designers, craftsmen, manufacturers, and any students interested in decorative art. The series will mainlv consist of collections of designs accompanied by one or two pages of explanatory text, but without scientific discussion. B. LATFER, Curator of Anthrobology