CHAPTER III.

PATENT LEATHER.

Glazed Leather—The Uses to which it is put—Quality of Hides—Splits, how designated—The Effect of Splitting upon the Grain—Varnishing, Drying, and Finishing—Enamel Leather—Texture, Color, and Finish—Stretching Leather injurious to the Fibre—Care of Patent Leather—When the best Leather is made—July and August unfavorable months 40