﻿February, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  XXV 
  

  

  ing 
  topic 
  which, 
  within 
  the 
  limits 
  that 
  circum- 
  

   scribe 
  the 
  present 
  study, 
  is 
  sufficiently 
  de- 
  

   veloped. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Frantz 
  comes 
  down 
  no 
  later 
  than 
  the 
  

   end 
  of 
  the 
  eighteenth 
  century 
  in 
  his 
  survey, 
  

   with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  Sevres. 
  The 
  limitation 
  

   is 
  perhaps 
  a 
  wise 
  one, 
  yet 
  one 
  could 
  wish 
  for 
  

   a 
  comprehensive 
  survey 
  of 
  French 
  pottery 
  in 
  

   the 
  nineteenth 
  century 
  as 
  well. 
  The 
  book 
  is 
  

   abundantly 
  illustrated, 
  both 
  with 
  reproduc- 
  

   tions 
  of 
  photographs 
  and 
  with 
  colored 
  plates. 
  

   Both 
  classes 
  of 
  illustrations 
  are 
  admirable 
  in 
  

   the 
  fullest 
  sense 
  of 
  the 
  word, 
  reproducing 
  ob- 
  

   jects 
  of 
  real 
  interest 
  and 
  value 
  in 
  themselves, 
  

   examples 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  sorts 
  of 
  their 
  respective 
  

   kind, 
  and 
  printed 
  in 
  fine 
  style, 
  the 
  half-tones 
  

   being 
  remarkably 
  distinct", 
  and 
  the 
  color 
  re- 
  

   productions 
  of 
  unusual 
  beauty. 
  Nothing, 
  in 
  

   short, 
  has 
  been 
  left 
  undone 
  to 
  make 
  this 
  book 
  

   helpful 
  and 
  useful. 
  It 
  is, 
  indeed, 
  a 
  welcome 
  

   volume. 
  

  

  The 
  Modern 
  Home. 
  A 
  Book 
  of 
  British 
  Do- 
  

   mestic 
  Architecture 
  for 
  Moderate 
  In- 
  

   comes. 
  Edited 
  by 
  Walter 
  Shaw 
  Sparrow. 
  

   New 
  York. 
  A. 
  C. 
  Armstrong 
  & 
  Son. 
  

  

  This 
  beautiful 
  illustrated 
  book 
  will 
  be 
  hailed 
  

   with 
  welcome 
  by 
  all 
  fortunate 
  enough 
  to 
  pos- 
  

   sess 
  it. 
  It 
  is 
  charming 
  in 
  every 
  respect, 
  in 
  

   typography, 
  in 
  make-up, 
  in 
  kind 
  of 
  illustrations 
  

   and 
  in 
  the 
  manner 
  in 
  which 
  they 
  are 
  repro- 
  

   duced. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  book 
  not 
  only 
  of 
  houses, 
  but 
  

   of 
  interiors, 
  of 
  craftswork 
  and 
  the 
  best 
  sorts 
  

   of 
  interior 
  decoration. 
  It 
  is, 
  in 
  short, 
  an 
  ad- 
  

   mirable 
  handbook 
  to 
  the 
  best 
  domestic 
  archi- 
  

   tecture 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  day. 
  

  

  Twenty 
  years 
  ago 
  America 
  was 
  producing 
  

   the 
  most 
  delightful 
  country 
  houses 
  being 
  built 
  

   anywhere. 
  They 
  were 
  charming 
  and 
  delight- 
  

   ful 
  structures 
  for 
  the 
  designing 
  of 
  which 
  our 
  

   architects 
  had 
  developed 
  a 
  special 
  cunning. 
  

   Our 
  architects 
  are 
  still 
  doing 
  good 
  houses 
  to- 
  

   day 
  but 
  in 
  the 
  past 
  couple 
  of 
  decades 
  the 
  hand 
  

   of 
  the 
  Beaux-Arts 
  practitioner 
  and 
  the 
  fad 
  of 
  

   the 
  Georgian 
  have 
  laid 
  heavy 
  hands 
  on 
  our 
  do- 
  

   mestic 
  work, 
  so 
  that 
  American 
  houses, 
  as 
  a 
  

   whole, 
  do 
  not 
  exhibit 
  that 
  inherent 
  charm 
  

   once 
  thought 
  particularly 
  their 
  own. 
  

  

  Those 
  who 
  have 
  watched 
  the 
  later 
  develop- 
  

   ments 
  of 
  British 
  domestic 
  architecture 
  have 
  

   noted 
  with 
  surprise 
  and 
  delight 
  the 
  increased 
  

   charm 
  of 
  picturesqueness 
  and 
  skill 
  shown 
  in 
  

   the 
  design 
  of 
  modern 
  British 
  houses. 
  The 
  

   enormous 
  charm 
  of 
  many 
  of 
  these 
  dwellings 
  

   has 
  long 
  been 
  well 
  known 
  to 
  unprejudiced 
  

   observers, 
  and 
  the 
  present 
  book 
  will 
  go 
  far 
  to 
  

   broaden 
  the 
  knowledge 
  of 
  the 
  excellence 
  of 
  

   this 
  work. 
  The 
  houses 
  illustrated 
  in 
  it 
  are 
  not 
  

   only 
  excellent 
  examples 
  of 
  the 
  very 
  best 
  con- 
  

   temporary 
  English 
  work, 
  but 
  as 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  

   illustrations 
  are 
  reproduced 
  in 
  color 
  they 
  ap- 
  

   peal 
  to 
  the 
  untechnical 
  reader 
  in 
  a 
  way 
  that 
  

   ordinary 
  photographic 
  illustrations 
  do 
  not. 
  

   The 
  book 
  is, 
  in 
  truth, 
  one 
  that 
  every 
  one, 
  even 
  

   if 
  his 
  interest 
  in 
  building 
  be 
  of 
  the 
  slightest, 
  

   will 
  enjoy 
  to 
  the 
  fullest. 
  

  

  An 
  especial 
  interest 
  attaches 
  to 
  the 
  book 
  be- 
  

   cause 
  of 
  its 
  avowed 
  purpose 
  of 
  depicting 
  

   houses 
  for 
  persons 
  possessed 
  of 
  moderate 
  in- 
  

   comes. 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  relative 
  phrase 
  that 
  may 
  

   mean 
  a 
  good 
  deal 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  taken 
  very 
  liter- 
  

   ally. 
  An 
  examination 
  of 
  its 
  plates 
  and 
  photo- 
  

   graphs 
  would 
  make 
  it 
  apparent 
  that 
  the 
  mod- 
  

   erate 
  income 
  in 
  England 
  must 
  either 
  be 
  greater 
  

   than 
  the 
  same 
  thing 
  in 
  America, 
  or 
  else 
  the 
  

   editor's 
  idea 
  of 
  moderate 
  is 
  something 
  much 
  

   more 
  plentiful 
  than 
  the 
  average 
  reader 
  im- 
  

   agines. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  immediate 
  fault 
  of 
  the 
  

   book 
  and 
  a 
  very 
  notable 
  one 
  it 
  is 
  ; 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  one 
  

   that 
  has 
  been 
  emphasized 
  by 
  the 
  editor 
  in 
  the 
  

   title 
  he 
  has 
  chosen. 
  Very 
  many 
  of 
  these 
  

   houses 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  built 
  by 
  persons 
  of 
  "mod- 
  

   erate 
  incomes" 
  without 
  seriously 
  deplenishing 
  

   their 
  capital 
  unless 
  one 
  were 
  fortunate 
  enough 
  

   to 
  inherit 
  a 
  sum 
  of 
  money 
  to 
  defray 
  their 
  cost. 
  

  

  Architects 
  and 
  builders 
  are 
  urged 
  to 
  write 
  

   for 
  our 
  64-page 
  catalogue, 
  entitled 
  "The 
  

   Perfect 
  Door," 
  sent 
  free 
  where 
  the 
  re- 
  

   quest 
  is 
  written 
  on 
  business 
  stationery. 
  

  

  ^ 
  Study 
  Classical 
  Architect- 
  

   ure 
  and 
  you 
  will 
  find 
  this: 
  

  

  €J 
  That 
  the 
  art 
  of 
  the 
  masters 
  has 
  found 
  

   fullest 
  expression, 
  not 
  so 
  much 
  in 
  the 
  gen- 
  

   eral 
  details 
  of 
  building 
  construction, 
  as 
  in 
  

   the 
  design 
  and 
  ornamentation 
  of 
  doors 
  and 
  

   doorways. 
  

  

  <| 
  Always 
  these 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  of 
  such 
  

   size, 
  and 
  form, 
  and 
  color 
  and 
  material 
  as 
  

   would 
  harmonize 
  most 
  closely 
  with 
  the 
  

   facades 
  of 
  which 
  they 
  were 
  a 
  part, 
  and 
  the 
  

   interiors 
  to 
  which 
  they 
  gave 
  access. 
  

  

  CJ 
  The 
  revival 
  of 
  this 
  tradition 
  at 
  the 
  pres- 
  

   ent 
  time 
  is 
  creating 
  an 
  Architectural 
  Ren- 
  

   naissance 
  in 
  America 
  — 
  and 
  is 
  spreading 
  the 
  

   fame 
  of 
  

  

  Morgan 
  Doors 
  

  

  €][ 
  The 
  good 
  doorway 
  is 
  part 
  of 
  an 
  archi- 
  

   tectural 
  motif; 
  it 
  should 
  exhibit 
  the 
  chief 
  

   characteristics 
  of 
  that 
  motif. 
  

  

  <J 
  The 
  good 
  door 
  is 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  doorway 
  

   and 
  of 
  the 
  house 
  ; 
  it 
  cannot 
  harmc 
  nize 
  with 
  

   both 
  unless 
  it 
  be 
  correctly 
  designed 
  and 
  

   correctly 
  made. 
  It 
  should 
  combine 
  strength 
  

   with 
  beauty 
  — 
  good 
  design 
  with 
  service- 
  

   ability. 
  

  

  €| 
  A 
  more 
  complete 
  description 
  of 
  Mor- 
  

   gan 
  Doors 
  is 
  in 
  our 
  booklet, 
  "The 
  Door 
  

   Beautiful," 
  which 
  will 
  be 
  sent 
  to 
  any 
  

   address 
  on 
  request. 
  

  

  Morgan 
  Company, 
  Dept. 
  A., 
  Oshkosh, 
  Wis. 
  

  

  Distributing 
  Points: 
  

  

  Morgan 
  Sash 
  and 
  Door 
  Company, 
  West 
  22d 
  and 
  Union 
  Streets, 
  Chicago. 
  

   Morgan 
  Co., 
  Union 
  Trust 
  Bldg,, 
  Baltimore, 
  Md. 
  Mills 
  and 
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  Foster 
  City, 
  Michigan. 
  

  

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  a 
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  drum 
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  that 
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