THE "COUNTRY LIFE" 



VOL8. I. AND II. NOW READY. 



GARDENS OLD AND NEW. 



(The Country House and its Garden Environment.) Over 45O 

 Superb Illustrations in each Volume, printed on treble 

 thick Art Paper, portraying in a manner never before attempted the 

 greatest and most interesting Gardens and Homes in England. 



2 Vols., 220 Net each, by post /2 3 o each. 



The Scotsman." ' GARDENS OLD AND NEW ' is a pictorial and descriptive 

 record of some titty ot the finest gardens in England. Each is illustrated by numerous 

 photographs, which are not only on a considerable scale, but are reproduced in a most 

 sumptuous fashion. In each case there is a descriptive article, which tells when the 

 bouse was built, what have been the fortunes of its owners, and when and how its gardens 

 have been laid out. It is a book from which those who are fortunate in the possession of 

 a garden may learn much of garden-craft, while those who are not thus fortunate can 

 derive much pleasure from the contemplation of the magnificent views with which the 

 book is adorned." _ 



IN ENGLISH HOMES. 



The internal Character, Furniture, and Adornments of some of the most 

 notable houses of England historically depicted from photographs 

 specially taken by CHARLES LATHAM. This large and handsome volume 

 measures 16 in. by nj in., and contains about 200 full-page plates, and 

 150 smaller plates, illustrating "Our goodly English Dwelling-places, 

 those houses which have been sanctified by the passing of centuries." 



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Morning Post. ''Such a work as ' IN ENGLISH HOMES' comes as something of a 

 revelation. Uiie may have a general idea, or even some particular knowledge of the 

 splendours of architecture, decoration, furniture, and works of art appertaining to our 

 country mansions, and yet be astonished at all the taste and magnificence represented in 

 the profusion of excellent photographs. The abundant illustrations are well designed to 

 exemplify the elaborate details of carving and plaster work, as well as the bold architectural 

 schemes that characterise the interiors and exteriors of the house." 



THE GARDENS OF ITALY. 



Being a series of illustrations, from photographs specially taken by 

 CHARLES LATHAM, of the most famous examples of those magnificent 

 features of garden arrangement and architecture for which Italy, pre- 

 eminently the earliest home of the garden, is noted. The same care and 

 fastidious selection which distinguished MR. LATHAM'S previous work, 

 IN ENGLISH HOMES, has been exercised In these volumes, and the spirit 

 and atmosphere of the scenery have been caught with entire success. 

 This most important work, which forms a handsome companion to IN 

 ENGLISH HOMES, contains about 400 plates, and is issued in two volumes, 

 handsomely bound in cloth. 



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Daily Chronicle. "When I turned the pages of the two tomes issued from the 

 office of ' Country Life,' I experienced the sensations of Prince Arisugawa when, having 

 expressed a modest interest in modern art, his hosts conduct him to the Royal Academy 

 on a July afternoon. Glancing through these pages all the world seems to be an Italian 

 garden such gardens ! When one has chastened oneself to the overwhelming abundance 

 of them, and chosen a few beautiful examples, the physical longing to be away from 

 London and walking in glades in the shade of ilex trees, with battered statues gleaming 

 above dark hedges, and great fountains showering water, becomes almost painful." 



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