SUN-DIALS AND 

 ROSES OF YESTERDAY 



GARDEN DELIGHTS WHICH ARE HERE DISPLAYED 



IN VERY TRUTH AND ARE MOREOVER 



REGARDED AS EMBLEMS 



By ALICE MORSE EARLE 



Author of *♦ Old Time Gardens," etc. 



Cloth. Crow'n 8vo. §-2.50, net. Profusely Illustrated 



"One of the most charming books of this season ... is filled 

 with beautiful garden scenes, where sun-dials of all sorts, simple 

 and ornate, mark the sunny hours amid roses. A fine rose scroll, 

 adapted from a design in a psalter of 1492, embellishes the title- 

 page ; capitals taken from ancient and beautiful books enrich the 

 chapter headings. All this, apart from the interest of the infor- 

 mation imparted with graceful tact and the enthusiasm of a 

 student." — The New York Observer. 



"It is really surprising to see how much of history, biography, 

 and even literary interest — to say nothing of mysticism, astrology 

 and science — attaches to the subject of sun-dials. Mrs. Earle has 

 the rare combination of two qualities — accuracy and thoroughness 

 of research on the one hand, literary charm and story-telling in- 

 terest on the other . . . The volume is beautifully illustrated, 

 and altogether is one of the most pleasing books of the season." — 

 The Outlook. 



"Mrs. Earle has long studied this delightful subject, and no 

 one can read these charming pages without catching her enthusi- 

 asm . . . The writer describes, in her own graceful way, the charm, 

 sentiment and classification of dials, their history and associations, 

 famous and picturesque ones still used, and tells how to make and 

 place them in gardens, windows, on walls and on pedestals. So, 

 with all its romance, the book is practical. There are innume- 

 rable mottoes, poems and sentiments given, anecdotes and histori- 

 cal incidents, and the dial is clothed in all its dignity and sentiment 

 in these chapters." — Town ^ Country. 



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