THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



A PLAN OF IMPORTANCE 



During the last few years a demand has 

 developed for a new kind of book for young 

 people beyond the pic- 

 ture book age. Our 

 own CHILDREN'S 

 LIBRARY containing 

 literature that every 

 child should know has 

 had, and continues to 

 enjoy, a phenomenal 

 sale; but realizing that 

 there was a demand 

 for a new kind of book 

 as mentioned, we have 

 been working for two 

 years to produce what we choose to call: 



THE CHILDREN'S LIBRARY OF WORK AND 

 PLAY 



The wise folk who decide how our children 

 shall be educated have made a great dis- 

 covery of late years. The new idea is 

 that a boy (or girl) must do some useful work 

 with his hands in order to get the best out of 

 his brain. 



Old or new, it's what every child needs. 

 The whole modern system of exclusive book 

 learning from the age of four to fourteen is 

 being remodelled all over the world. Chil- 

 dren are being taught Housekeeping, Car- 

 pentry, and all sorts of manual training, 

 and preferably work that is necessary that 

 needs to be done. It is not the plan of this 

 set of books to make Carpenters or Farmers 

 or Cooks — but to restore that old lost 

 balance between working with the head and 

 working with the hands, which existed in 

 perfection with the country boy of a few 

 generations back — who did all sorts of 

 chores and farm work in addition to attack- 

 ing the three R's in the district school. 



Your child will never be as healthy and as 

 happy, will never go to his study with avidity, 

 unless you give him the chance and the 

 impetus to find out the joy of doing. 

 On the other hand, just try him at using his 

 hands and muscles usefully; there will be 

 few times when the problem is what to do; 

 there will be a marvelous increase in care of 

 playthings when he learns what it means 



"To business that we love we rise betime 

 And go to 't with delight. " — Antoi<y and Cleopatra 



to make new toys or mend old ones; there 

 will be a growing delight in the creation of 

 objects of use from wood and metal. And 

 finally, to look ahead, you will do for your 

 child, by starting his feet on this path, what 

 he will doubtless bless you for when he be- 

 comes a man of affairs — almost the most 

 important thing of all: You will add to his 

 resources and give him a fresh avenue to 

 the true joy of life. 



It is because we believe all this most 

 fervently, because we know that no more 

 fortunate thing could happen to the young 

 people of America than an awakening among 

 them of the natural instinct to do and make 

 things, that we have prepared the only set 

 of books in existence which aims to be a 

 guide to the useful things a child can do. The 

 aim throughout has been to inspire the child 

 with a desire to do something and to show him 

 practically and in clearest detail, how to go 

 about and do it; as a result the books are 

 marvelously helpful and practical. 



The task of preparing a set of books like 

 this has been a difficult one, because it is 

 essentially a new idea. It needed to be, in 

 a way, a Children's Encyclopedia with all 

 the helpful qualities an Encyclopedia 

 possesses; yet it must be what such books 

 of reference are not — readable and inspiring. 



This has been accomplished by securing 

 writers whose narrative is entertaining and 

 interesting, and the quick reference to any 

 subject has been provided by a full and 

 adequate index. 



The working out of the plan, the securing 

 of competent authors and the arranging of 

 the work has occupied several years and the 

 result is a work which will, we hope and be- 

 lieve, be the standard for all time. 



The Children's Library of Work and Play 

 will be complete in ten volumes; the books 

 will be sold exclusively by subscription, and, 

 if desired, on convenient monthly payments. 

 We have prepared an attractive booklet, 

 descriptive of this great new work, copy of 

 which we shall be glad to send to you upon 

 request. It 's free. 



The double Spring Issue of The Garden 

 Magazine comes next month — April — a 

 25 cent number, or $1.50 a year. 



SPRING INSPIRATION 



Which is to say that the wise man hoes 

 his own garden. 



Here are some items: 



The Back-to-the-Land issue of Country Life 

 in America comes ready March 15th. It is 

 the sort of thing one likes to read when one 

 thinks of the far away possibilities of a farm- 

 house. Price 20 cents a copy, or $4 a year, 

 for 24 issues — two years for $6. 



The Garden and Farm Almanac is more 

 valuable this month than any in the year. 

 It is a daily reference guide with clear and 

 concise directions on garden and farm matters, 

 covering this wide field fully and authorita- 

 tively. If you are an actual or prospective 

 owner of a farm, a garden, or a country home 

 you will need the 191 1 Garden and Farm 

 Almanac. 25 cents. Use coupon below. 



WINTER IN THE COUNTRY 



The Country Life Press has experienced 

 its first Winter in the country, and has par- 

 ticularly enjoyed the light and brightness 

 that is diffused in every corner of the build- 

 ing. Snow came early and added to our 

 pleasure. All our gardening enterprises were 

 at an end on December 1st, but we got in 

 several thousands of trees, several car-loads 

 of rhododendrons, 50 or 60 cedars, from 

 35 to 40 feet high, and we are now beginning 

 work for the new season. 



Meanwhile, the Book Bindery is turning 

 out books to the tune of about five thousand 

 a day. Every day the mail car carries away 

 about fifteen thousand magazines. 



S"9ii *'■' 25 cent?™; 



Doubleday, Page & Co. 

 Garden City, 



L.I., N.Y. 



Gentlemen: I enclose 25 

 cents for the Garden & 

 Farm Almanac for 191 1, 

 postpaid. 



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