﻿XXVI 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMLS 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  February, 
  1907 
  

  

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  THE 
  JOHN 
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  WINSTON 
  CO. 
  

   1006 
  Arch 
  Street 
  Philadelphia 
  

  

  3ED 
  ROOM 
  

  

  BATH 
  

   KOOM 
  

  

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  iP": 
  

  

  DINING 
  

   R.OOM 
  

  

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  PORCH 
  

  

  The 
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  of 
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  Home 
  

  

  may 
  be 
  safely 
  left 
  in 
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  hands 
  of 
  your 
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  but 
  your 
  own 
  taste 
  

   should 
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  reflected 
  in 
  matters 
  of 
  important 
  decorative 
  detail. 
  One 
  of 
  these 
  

   is 
  the 
  selection 
  of 
  the 
  Hardware 
  Trimmings. 
  Because 
  they 
  are 
  permanent 
  and 
  

   prominent 
  they 
  are 
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  less 
  important 
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  of 
  decorative 
  possibility, 
  and 
  the 
  real 
  economy 
  of 
  life 
  long 
  wear. 
  

  

  Sargent's 
  Easy 
  Spring 
  IyOcks 
  are 
  most 
  positive 
  in 
  action 
  ; 
  most 
  permanent 
  in 
  service. 
  

  

  "Sargent's 
  Book 
  of 
  Designs" 
  enables 
  you 
  to 
  select 
  with 
  surety 
  and 
  satisfaction 
  

   hardware 
  trimmings 
  in 
  keeping 
  with 
  any 
  style 
  of 
  architecture 
  or 
  any 
  character 
  of 
  inte- 
  

   rior 
  finish. 
  It 
  is 
  sent 
  complimentary. 
  

  

  SARGENT 
  & 
  CO., 
  159 
  Leonard 
  Street, 
  New 
  York. 
  

  

  In 
  this 
  respect 
  the 
  book 
  is 
  disappointing 
  and 
  

   grievously 
  so, 
  for 
  the 
  attractive 
  quality 
  of 
  most 
  

   of 
  the 
  houses 
  is 
  very 
  great 
  and 
  most 
  people 
  

   would 
  be 
  thoroughly 
  content 
  with 
  a 
  moderate 
  

   income 
  could 
  they 
  but 
  own 
  one. 
  

  

  It 
  emphasizes 
  anew 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  being 
  constantly 
  

   emphasized 
  in 
  these 
  days 
  of 
  high-priced 
  ma- 
  

   terials 
  and 
  powerful 
  labor 
  unions 
  that 
  beauti- 
  

   ful 
  houses 
  can 
  only 
  be 
  obtained 
  by 
  liberal 
  ex- 
  

   penditures. 
  In 
  other 
  words 
  a 
  good-looking 
  

   house 
  represents 
  not 
  only 
  ingenuity 
  and 
  skill 
  

   in 
  design 
  but 
  large 
  cost. 
  And 
  the 
  cost 
  is 
  al- 
  

   most 
  invariably 
  proportionate 
  to 
  the 
  size, 
  a 
  cir- 
  

   cumstance 
  partly 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  inherent 
  costliness 
  

   of 
  beauty, 
  partly 
  to 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  those 
  who 
  

   desire 
  beautiful 
  houses 
  are 
  ready 
  to 
  pay 
  the 
  

   price. 
  

  

  Apart 
  from 
  this, 
  however, 
  the 
  book 
  can 
  be 
  

   read 
  and 
  studied 
  with 
  profit 
  by 
  every 
  one 
  in- 
  

   terested 
  in 
  houses. 
  The 
  text 
  consists 
  of 
  four 
  

   chapters, 
  "The 
  Home 
  from 
  Outside," 
  by 
  W. 
  

   H. 
  Bidlake; 
  "The 
  Interior 
  and 
  its 
  Furniture," 
  

   by 
  Halsey 
  Ricardo 
  ; 
  "Some 
  Decorative 
  Essen- 
  

   tials," 
  by 
  John 
  Cash, 
  and 
  "Sanitation," 
  by 
  the 
  

   same 
  architect. 
  These 
  gentlemen 
  discuss 
  their 
  

   special 
  topics 
  with 
  vigor 
  and 
  point 
  ; 
  each 
  has 
  

   something 
  to 
  say 
  and 
  they 
  say 
  it 
  in 
  an 
  attrac- 
  

   tive 
  way. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  book 
  not 
  only 
  to 
  be 
  looked 
  

   at, 
  but 
  to 
  be 
  read. 
  It 
  is 
  brimful 
  of 
  helpful 
  

   suggestions, 
  of 
  sane 
  ideas, 
  of 
  excellent 
  art. 
  It 
  

   is 
  in 
  many 
  ways 
  a 
  notable 
  contribution 
  to 
  the 
  

   literature 
  of 
  contemporary 
  domestic 
  architec- 
  

   ture. 
  

  

  The 
  Garden 
  and 
  its 
  Accessories. 
  By 
  Lor- 
  

   ing 
  Underwood. 
  Boston, 
  Mass. 
  : 
  Little,. 
  

   Browne 
  & 
  Co. 
  Pp. 
  215. 
  Price, 
  $2.00 
  net. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Loring 
  Underwood 
  has 
  added 
  another 
  

   book 
  to 
  garden 
  art 
  in 
  the 
  very 
  handsome 
  edi- 
  

   tion 
  which 
  he 
  has 
  presented 
  to 
  the 
  accessories 
  

   of 
  a 
  garden. 
  

  

  The 
  book 
  consists 
  mostly 
  of 
  illustrations, 
  

   showing 
  on 
  one 
  page 
  a 
  sun-dial 
  or 
  a 
  fountain, 
  

   with 
  text 
  on 
  the 
  preceding 
  page. 
  The 
  text 
  is 
  

   full 
  of 
  information 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  placing 
  of 
  the 
  

   various 
  "accessories" 
  in 
  a 
  garden. 
  The 
  book 
  

   is 
  divided 
  into 
  chapters 
  with 
  a 
  general 
  study 
  of 
  

   a 
  garden, 
  followed 
  by 
  a 
  treatment 
  of 
  the 
  sun- 
  

   dial, 
  fountain, 
  pool, 
  pergola, 
  arbor, 
  lantern, 
  

   seats, 
  statuary, 
  wells, 
  and 
  every 
  conceivable 
  

   form 
  of 
  ornament 
  for 
  a 
  garden. 
  The 
  book 
  is 
  

   well 
  worthy 
  of 
  consideration 
  from 
  those 
  who 
  

   are 
  not 
  familiar 
  with 
  garden 
  work, 
  and 
  who 
  

   require 
  assistance 
  in 
  the 
  selection 
  and 
  the 
  plac- 
  

   ing 
  of 
  garden 
  accessories. 
  

  

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