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Keviews of ^ooks. 



COTTAGES FOR RURAL DISTRICTS. 



Dedicated by special permission to His Eoyal Highness the I'rince 

 of Wales, K.G. By Willi Air ]\Ienzies, Architect. Windsor : 

 Welham Clarke. 



a'^IIIS is a very suggestive work on a subject now engaging the 

 attention of aU interested in the amelioration of the condition 

 of the working poor. The fitness of Mr. Meuzies for the task he 

 has set himself is attested by the position he occupies on the 

 Windsor estate, and also by his early training under his father, the 

 author of Suggestions for the Sanitary Imjjrovcinent of Labourers' 

 Cottages and of Villages. The present work consists of brief practical 

 instructions as to the selection of site, water-supply, drainage, etc. 

 It also touches briefly on the desirability of attaching a plot of land 

 to each labourer's cottage, and points out the importance from an 

 economical point of view to both the employer and the labourer of 

 having the dwelling of the latter as near as is convenient to the 

 scene of his work. There are a number of plans of double and 

 single cottages for labourers and for head gardeners and bailiffs 

 which are tasteful in design, complete and convenient in every 

 detail, and well adapted to the purpose in view. A form of specifi- 

 cation completes the volume, in which every department of work in 

 connection with the class of buildings treated of is dealt with in 

 minute detail. The work cannot fail to prove useful to all who are 

 directly interested in the class of estate improvements with which 

 it deals. 



Familiar Garden Floivcrs. By Shirley Hibbaed^F.R.H.S. 

 London : Cassell & Co. Limited. 



We have received the fourth volume of this popular book, which 

 promises to maintain its interest throughout the series. The present 

 number comes out very opportunely at the present time, as it treats 

 of TuKps, Snowdrops, Daffodils, and other bulbous plants. The 

 numerous plates, executed by F. E. Hulme, F.L.S., are alike remark- 

 able for the accuracy of drawing and the delicate softness of colouring. 

 By amateurs the book will doubtless be highly prized, as it contains 

 much useful information, put together in an attractive form. 



