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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



January, 1914 



THE- TALK- OF - THE - OFFICE 



In Praise of 1913 



SOME esteemed contemporaries have said 

 hard things concerning the late departed 

 year of 191 3. For many it brought mis- 

 fortune, dull business, and political upset, yet 

 for others, the year was prosperous and por- 

 tended even better things to come. 



Perhaps optimism is the result of habit 

 more than a state of mind. Our own vivid 

 memory goes back quite a good many years, 

 through times of boom as well as of financial 

 storm, but never can we remember a period 

 when all skies were clear and when most men 

 did not say that things were "unsettled," 

 and until such and such a matter were fixed 

 this country could not go ahead, etc., etc. 



Times were unsettled in 191 3, yet we had 

 no famine in the land, no great crisis, financial 

 or social, an increased world's trade, and no 

 lack of new and interesting experiences; and 

 though prices went up, most people found the 

 money to pay them, bought more luxuries 

 than usual, and perhaps best of all, the year 

 saw great advances in the willing cooperation 

 of almost all classes to study the needs and 

 rights of the people who have had the smaller 

 share of this world's good things. 



Doubleday ; Page & Co. place themselves 

 unreservedly on the thankful side. The year 

 has not been a summer holiday, the pace of 

 competition seems to be increasingly swift 

 and difficult, but the twelvemonth saw many 

 things accomplished and new vistas both 

 interesting and hopeful opening for 1914, 

 with new high records to surpass and a better 

 and closer knit organization to accomplish 

 them. 



For what happened to us in 1913 we must, 

 of course, thank our friends, and they include 

 first the writers who entrust us with their 

 books to publish. To our customers who 

 buy and read these books and our magazines 

 in an ever increasing number — thanks be — 

 and not by any means least, our thanks are 

 due to the members of the bookselling craft 

 who have passed along our wares from the 

 printing presses of Country Life Press to the 

 reading public in amount almost twice as 

 much as ever before. 



We wish, too, that our pen might be touched 

 with the real spark to tell of the loyalty of 



hundreds of the people here in the organization 

 often under very trying circumstances. We 

 feel sure that it will all lead to better and 

 bigger things in the years to come. 



Mail Delays 



The attention of readers of Country Life in 

 America and The Garden Magazine is called 

 to the fact that the Government now sends 

 magazine mail by freight instead of letter 

 mail, which results often in much delay, which 

 it is impossible for us to overcome. 



If your magazine is unduly late, complain 

 to your Postmaster, as the Post Office De- 

 partment is the only possible source of remedy. 



That Little Book 



which tells the story of Country Life Press is 

 at last in print. For months it has been 

 pushed aside for more pressing work, and Mr. 

 Gilliss, who has arranged the book and 

 fathered it through the press, has been de- 

 layed beyond patience. However, it is ready 

 and will be sent with our compliments to all 

 who wish it. 



The Williamsons in Egypt 



The authors of "The Lightning Conductor" 

 and its train of delightful travel books spent 

 last winter in Egypt and the Sudan, and a 

 novel entitled "It Happened in Egypt" is the 

 result. Very few writers of novels take the 

 time and trouble, not to speak of the money, 

 to gather material for a novel as the William- 

 sons do. Then pictures of peoples and places 

 are actual, the result of personal experiences, 

 and this book with the glorious background 

 of Egypt is perhaps the most picturesque of all. 



It will be published January 10, 1914. 



The Seven Seas Kipling 



When this is printed we don't know how 

 many copies of the limited edition of 1050 

 sets will be left. Four volumes are ready 

 and two volumes every two months will com- 

 plete the set in 23 superb volumes. The 

 price is $6.00 a volume. Each set is num- 

 bered and signed by Mr. Kipling. It will be 

 a set of great and lasting value as the years 

 goby. 



Send to Doubleday, Page & Co., Garden 

 City, for a descriptive circular. 



The 1914 Investor's Almanac 



The Investor's Almanac gives you complete 

 and accurate information about investments, 

 dates of maturing bonds and all other data 

 for the investor. Postpaid for 35 cents. 



Aids to New Resolutions 



This is the appointed season to turn over 

 new leaves. Of all the leaves we know 



which Garden Magazine readers should keep 

 handy as guide, philosopher and friend, the 

 "Garden and Farm Almanac" is the most im- 

 portant. This Almanac has become an in- 

 stitution, and we hope a good and not a dull 

 one. Each year we think we find some way 

 to improve it and make it fit more perfectly 

 its field. Particularly are we anxious that 

 it should be good because it is the only one of 

 its kind; it has no competitor and we hope 

 that readers will find that no other is necessary. 



TYPICAL CONTENTS 

 (Partial) 



Analysis of Soils 



Guide for the Best Annual Flowers 



Composition of Milk of Different Breeds 



How to Build a Storage Cellar 



How to Make Cloth Waterproof 



Iceless Cold Storage 



How to Make and Use Concrete 



Breeds of Ducks 



Raising Pigs for Profit 



Points on Feeding Your Cattle 



Average Period of Incubation 



Animal Diseases and Remedies 



Cost of a Greenhouse 



Rations for a Horse 



The Best Lawn Grasses 



Principles of Garden Planning 



How to Plant the Vegetable Garden 



Cut off this coupon and mail it before you forget it. 



Doubleday, Page & Co. 

 Garden City, N. Y. 

 Enclosed find 35c, for which please send me the 

 Garden and Farm Almanac for 1914. 



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