> BY THE SAME AUTHOR 



Just Published. Second Edition. Profusely Illustrated 

 Demy 8z'^, cloth, idf*] pages 



Price 7s. 6d. net, postage 6d. extra 



HOUSES, VILLAS, COTTAGES, AND 

 BUNGALOWS 



For Britishers and Americans Abroad 

 OPINIONS OF THE PRESS ON PREVIOUS EDITIONS 



The Scotsman says: " Treats its own special subject with lucidity and 

 freshness. At once artistic and practical, and illustrated by many helpful 

 plans and diagrams, it cannot but prove serviceable to architects, and to people 

 who contemplate putting up the kind of houses it describes so well." 



The Glasgow Herald says : " A very practical and lucid guide.'-' 



The Manchester Courier says: "Above all, the work is eminently 

 practical , . . Sound advice is given." 



The Surveyor says: "This httle work by the author of How to Plan a 

 House contains descriptions, plans, and elevations of many very delightful and 

 inexpensive villas and bungalows which are suited to the requirements of the 

 Briton who may be seeking refuge under the Southern sun from his native 

 climate. The letterpress is written in a breezy, somewhat unconventional, and 

 distinctly interesting style, and the drawings, which are numerous, are well 

 produced. The book is one which will jjrove of interest and assistance, not 

 only to architects who may be called uppn to design houses to suit conditions 

 with which they are not familiar, but also to the client who is instructing him, 

 and who will not be averse to receiving some timely hints as to the best way in 

 which his money may bo laid out." 



The Builder says: "Many hints may be taken from the plans and other 

 illustrations of buildings, many of which have stood the test of production and 

 occupation." 



The British Trade Journal says: " All who for business, pleasure, or health 

 have to reside abroad, especially in warm climates, will find this volume an 

 extremely interesting and useful guide." 



The Estate Gazette says: "Preaches the art of comfort, planning houses at 

 the same time with a special eye for those to whom cost is a consideration." 



The Ceylon Observer says: "Should prove very useful . , . The book 

 deals in general with the requirements of dwellers in warm climates and the 

 South, and the whole subject is thoroughly discussed." 



The Cape Argus says : " Mr. Samson gives a great deal of information as to 

 the style of house it is desirable to build in such a climate as our own. . 

 Interesting sections are given on the influence of Dutch and French ideas on the 

 old domestic architecture of South. Africa. . . . Mr. Samson has done his work 

 well." 



The Lancet says : " ' Many of its suggestions are particularly suitable for those 

 who desire a picd-d-ierre in the Kiviera, Algeria, and other liealth resorts. . . . 

 Its subject matter will interest medical practitioners and others." 



The British Medical Journal says: "It should prove a most useful book to 

 anyone who has in view the building either of a mansion or a cottage." 



The Mentone and Monte Carlo News says: " This is a book which 

 should tak-e It own place in architectural literature. . . . Mr. Samson expobnds 

 very ably and successfully." ^ 



The Riviera News says :" Mr. Samson shows himself particularly well 

 infornied on the question of Avhat constitutes a well pllinned and comfortable house 

 advL " '^^' ^'^ ^^^ ^^^''''^ °'' ^'"""'^^ Riviera. . . . Contains thoroughly sound 



A 7^^ Birmingham Post says: " Mr. Samson- is an architect who has a great 

 deal of mformation to impart." ^ 



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