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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



Decembeb, 1909 



THE- TALK- OF-THE * OFFICE 



TEN YEARS OLD 



Perhaps at this Christmas season it is a good 

 time to thank our friends for showing more 

 interest in all our publishing enterprises than 

 in any previous year. 



The extent of the circulation of our maga- 

 zines has much increased, a healthful and sub- 

 stantial growth, we like to think, rather than 

 spectacular or abnormal. We have sent out 

 more books, and, we like to think, better books, 

 and when our first decade ends, which [will 

 be on January i, 1910, we believe we can 

 look back and say that Doubleday, Page & 

 Company has got a fair start. 



Next to our friends outside the shop, we 

 wish to express to our other friends, the staff, 

 in the shop, made up of many scores of faith- 

 ful, energetic, and progressive men and women, 

 our thanks and appreciation. 



To our customers and our associates, every 

 one, we wish a Merry Christmas and a Happy 

 and Prosperous New Year. 



LONG-TERM SUBSCRIPTIONS 



On page 247 of this number of The Garden 

 Magazine, you will find a more complete state- 

 ment of what long-term subscriptions are, and 

 why, in our opinion, they are a good thing for 

 the subscriber as well as for ourselves. 



Particularly is it to the interest of any reader 

 of The Garden Magazine to take a three-year 

 subscription for $2.00. The price of the 

 annual subscription will be raised on Feb- 

 ruary, 1910, to $1.50 a year. By taking a 

 three-year subscription now, you get it at the 

 rate of 67 cents a year, which opportunity will 

 never occur again. As we said before, one of 

 these years may be seat to a friend as a Christ- 

 mas present if you choose. 



At this time of the year, we should like to 

 have you consider short or long-term sub- 

 scriptions to our other magazines, The World's 

 Work, one year for $3.00, two years for $5.00, 

 and three years for $6.00. For Country Life 

 in America, one year for $4.00, two years for 

 $6.00, and three years for $8.00, with the same 

 provisions for giving one of these years to a 

 friend as a part of a subscription when three- 

 year term is taken. 



The Christmas numbers are good numbers 

 to begin. 



"To business that we love we rise betime 

 Andgo to 'twith delight." — Antony and Cleopatra 



THE COUNTRY LIFE CHRISTMAS ANNUAL 



It is probably not for us to say, but perhaps the 

 most cheerful and joyous publication we know of 

 to inspire and uphold the Christmas spirit is 

 this gorgeous and yet sane annual. It is not like 

 its English contemporaries, mostly splash and 

 time-worn sentiment, but a living representa- 

 tion of the holiday of this year of Our Lord, 

 1909. Here is a list of some of the contents: 



A Man and His Job, by A. W. Dimock. 



The Seven-fold Interest in the Candleberry, by Julia 



E. Rogers. 

 Colonial Holidays, Compiled and Illuminated by 



Walter Tittle. 

 The Oldest Form of Writing — Tracks, Ernest Thomp- 

 son Seton. 

 The Child's Christmas, Helen W. Cooke. 

 A Floral Hobby with a Real Purpose, Leonard Barron. 

 The Finest Fruits Raised Under Glass, A. Herrington. 

 Fun on Skees, by " Topical." 

 What England Can Teach Us About Indoor Gardens, 



Wilhelm Miller. 

 The Adventures of a Suburbanite (Jolly Old Santa 



Claus), by Ellis Parker Bulter. 

 Old Tables and Sideboards, Walter A. Dyer. 

 The New Sport of Flying, Augustus Post. 

 The Amateur Photographer, Phil M. Riley. 

 Gardening Under Glass, E. F. Canning. 

 And all the regular departments, including Garden and 



Grounds, The Nature Club, Stock and Poultry, 



Stable and Kennel, Ideas and Experiences of our 



Readers, etc., etc. 

 The Home-builders' Supplement : 



A Place for the Wood. 



Some Attractive Country Home Designs. 



Storm Windows for the Country House. 



A Small Stone House with Large Rooms. 



Architectural Harmony on a Small Place. 



The pictures speak for themselves. 



THE AMERICAN ELOWER GARDEN 



Last May we published an expensive edi- 

 tion of The American Flower Garden, by Neltje 

 Blanchan, author of Bird Neighbors, Nature's 

 Garden, etc. Every copy was subscribed for 

 before the book was issued, and it is now "rare 

 and scarce." We have just ready a library 

 edition for $5.00. 



THE NEW BOOK CATALOGUE 



We have had to make it something more than 

 a dull list of books. It is the biggest cata- 

 logue we have ever issued, and volumes which 

 have served their turn have been omitted — 

 we have tried to make it a live list. The book 

 fills about 200 pages, is alphabetically arranged 



under subjects, fiction, history, biography, 

 travel, etc. It has a full index in addition, 

 and more than all, the descriptions, if we have 

 not failed in our endeavor, are truthful and 

 really tell just what a reader wishes to know 

 about a book. People far from bookstores, 

 who cannot examine the new books, are in- 

 vited to select books from its pages. It is for 

 our interest to have you send for a copy. We 

 even go so far as to think you will wish to keep 

 it. A postal will bring it. 



THE GARDEN AND EARM ALMANAC EOR 1910 



It is a pleasure to be able to say that this 

 book for the country home — a guide, philoso- 

 pher and friend, as we have frequently said — 

 has become a standard publication. It has a 

 place all its own, and we describe it in an 

 advertisement on another page. The price in 

 paper is 25 cents. 



PRIZE REVIEWS 



The offer for the best reviews of Meredith 

 Nicholson's book, "The Lords of High Decis- 

 ion," will not close until December 20th. 

 Here are the particulars: 



1. Copy to be written only on one side of sheet, 



typewritten preferably. 



2. The review to be not more than 1,000 words. 



750 would be better. 



3. The manuscript to be submitted not later than 



December 20th. (Extended from Dec. 5th.) 



4. The prizes to be awarded and announced in the 



February, 1910, numbers of Doubleday, Page 

 & Company's magazines, Country Life in 

 America, The World's Work, and The Garden 

 Magazine. 



The First Prize is $50. The Second Prize 

 is $30. The Third Prize is $20. The Fourth 

 Prize, books from our book catalogue to the 

 amount of $7.50. The Fifth Prize, books to 

 the amount of $5.00. The Sixth Prize, a 

 subscription to Country Life in America. The 

 Seventh Prize, a subscription to The World's 

 Work. 



Address Review Contest, 



Doubleday, Page & Company, 



133 E. 16th St., New York, 

 As the authors are often anxious to read these 

 reviews, we shall not return them unless espec- 

 ially requested to do so and postage is enclosed. 



