﻿November, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  IX 
  

  

  Country 
  Homes 
  and 
  Gardens 
  of 
  Mod- 
  

   erate 
  Cost. 
  Edited 
  by 
  Charles 
  Francis 
  

   Osborne. 
  Philadelphia: 
  The 
  John 
  C. 
  

   Winston 
  Company. 
  1907. 
  Pp. 
  120. 
  

   Not 
  all 
  the 
  houses 
  illustrated 
  in 
  this 
  book, 
  

   and 
  there 
  are 
  two 
  hundred 
  pictures 
  within 
  the 
  

   handsome 
  green 
  covers, 
  can 
  be 
  designated 
  as 
  

   "moderate"' 
  in 
  cost; 
  but 
  some 
  of 
  them 
  come 
  

   well 
  under 
  this 
  head, 
  and 
  the 
  seeker 
  after 
  

   moderate 
  cost 
  houses 
  will 
  find 
  much 
  of 
  interest 
  

   and 
  value 
  in 
  its 
  pages. 
  The 
  houses 
  reproduced 
  

   are, 
  on 
  the 
  whole, 
  of 
  an 
  unusually 
  interesting 
  

   character, 
  many 
  of 
  them 
  being 
  representative 
  

   examples 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  work 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  our 
  most 
  

   thoughtful 
  and 
  skilful 
  architects. 
  The 
  text 
  

   is 
  especially 
  valuable, 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  more 
  im- 
  

   portant 
  contents 
  being 
  an 
  admirable 
  discussion 
  

   on 
  choosing 
  a 
  site 
  for 
  the 
  house, 
  by 
  the 
  editor. 
  

   President 
  Frank 
  Miles 
  Day, 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  

   Institute 
  of 
  Architects, 
  offers 
  some 
  helpful 
  ad- 
  

   vice 
  on 
  choosing 
  a 
  style 
  for 
  the 
  house. 
  William 
  

   T. 
  Price 
  makes 
  a 
  plea 
  for 
  choosing 
  simple 
  

   materials 
  for 
  the 
  house. 
  Fireproofing 
  is 
  dis- 
  

   cussed 
  by 
  Emile 
  G. 
  Perrot; 
  the 
  interior 
  finish 
  

   and 
  furnishing 
  is 
  described 
  by 
  Margaret 
  

   Greenleaf; 
  W. 
  C. 
  Egan 
  tells 
  about 
  planting 
  

   about 
  the 
  house; 
  John 
  W. 
  Hall 
  writes 
  on 
  

   small 
  gardens; 
  W. 
  P. 
  R. 
  Pember 
  tells 
  the 
  

   reader 
  what 
  six 
  thousand 
  dollars 
  will 
  do; 
  and 
  

   Leila 
  Mechlin 
  presents 
  some 
  hints 
  on 
  wall 
  

   decoration. 
  In 
  addition 
  to 
  these 
  chapters 
  there 
  

   is 
  a 
  sufficiently 
  descriptive 
  text 
  on 
  the 
  houses 
  

   illustrated, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  obviously 
  a 
  book 
  to 
  be 
  

   read 
  — 
  and 
  with 
  profit 
  — 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  to 
  be 
  en- 
  

   joyed 
  for 
  its 
  pictures. 
  

  

  Country 
  Cottages 
  and 
  Week 
  - 
  End 
  

   Homes. 
  By 
  J. 
  H. 
  Elder-Duncan. 
  New 
  

   York: 
  John 
  Lane 
  Company. 
  1907. 
  Pp. 
  

   224. 
  Price, 
  $3.50, 
  net. 
  

   This 
  is 
  an 
  admirable 
  book 
  on 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   most 
  important 
  and 
  pressing 
  of 
  contemporary 
  

   architectural 
  problems. 
  How 
  to 
  build 
  an 
  at- 
  

   tractive 
  seeming 
  house, 
  that 
  is, 
  well 
  built 
  and 
  

   good 
  in 
  itself, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  good 
  to 
  look 
  at, 
  is 
  a 
  

   problem 
  that 
  has 
  failed 
  of 
  general 
  solution 
  in 
  

   America. 
  In 
  England 
  conditions 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  

   distinctly 
  different, 
  and 
  this 
  handsome 
  and 
  ex- 
  

   cellent 
  book 
  is 
  fine 
  evidence 
  of 
  the 
  very 
  su- 
  

   perior 
  work 
  in 
  this 
  phase 
  of 
  housebuilding 
  that 
  

   is 
  being 
  done 
  to-day 
  in 
  that 
  country. 
  As 
  in 
  all 
  

   recent 
  publications 
  on 
  dwellings, 
  the 
  houses 
  

   illustrated 
  vary 
  considerably 
  in 
  cost, 
  but 
  the 
  

   book 
  treats, 
  in 
  a 
  progressive 
  manner, 
  of 
  houses 
  

   costing 
  from 
  $1000 
  to 
  comparatively 
  pre- 
  

   tentious 
  mansions 
  costing 
  as 
  much 
  as 
  $17,500. 
  

   Unlike 
  most 
  other 
  publications, 
  however, 
  the 
  

   examples 
  of 
  houses 
  costing 
  from 
  $1000 
  to 
  

   $2000 
  are 
  quite 
  numerous, 
  and 
  those 
  who 
  are 
  

   seeking 
  models 
  for 
  low 
  cost 
  houses 
  can 
  not 
  do 
  

   better 
  than 
  consult 
  Mr. 
  Elder-Duncan's 
  at- 
  

   tractive 
  pages. 
  

  

  And 
  the 
  singular 
  thing 
  is 
  that 
  the 
  low 
  

   cost 
  houses 
  are 
  exactly 
  as 
  attractive 
  in 
  aspect 
  

   as 
  the 
  higher 
  cost 
  ones. 
  This 
  is 
  an 
  astonish- 
  

   ing 
  reversal 
  of 
  the 
  ordinary 
  American 
  rule, 
  

   for 
  in 
  this 
  country 
  houses 
  of 
  very 
  low 
  cost 
  

   rarely 
  merit 
  even 
  a 
  cursory 
  examination. 
  Here, 
  

   however, 
  is 
  cottage 
  after 
  cottage, 
  each 
  pos- 
  

   sessed 
  of 
  most 
  distinctive 
  charm, 
  and 
  scarce 
  

   one 
  of 
  which 
  does 
  not 
  merit 
  the 
  warmest 
  

   praise 
  as 
  a 
  work 
  of 
  art. 
  

  

  To 
  design 
  a 
  small 
  house 
  in 
  an 
  attractive 
  

   way 
  requires 
  as 
  much 
  thoughtful 
  effort 
  and 
  

   artistic 
  instinct 
  as 
  more 
  pretentious 
  work. 
  

   These 
  English 
  cottages 
  show 
  what 
  can 
  be 
  

   done 
  when 
  the 
  problem 
  is 
  attacked 
  in 
  the 
  

  

  Before 
  putting 
  up 
  this 
  season's 
  screens, 
  remember 
  that 
  it 
  isn't 
  the 
  

   frame 
  that 
  makes 
  the 
  screen 
  — 
  it's 
  the 
  material 
  within 
  the 
  frame 
  which 
  

   will 
  spell 
  the 
  difference 
  between 
  comfort 
  and 
  discomfort 
  for 
  you 
  this 
  

   summer. 
  

  

  Spend 
  this 
  summer 
  undisturbed 
  by 
  flies, 
  mosquitoes 
  and 
  other 
  insects, 
  

   by 
  screening 
  your 
  doors 
  and 
  windows 
  with 
  Pompeiian 
  Bronze 
  Wire 
  

   Cloth 
  because 
  

  

  it 
  affords 
  absolute 
  protection 
  against 
  insects; 
  

  

  it 
  can't 
  rust; 
  

  

  it 
  offers 
  no 
  obstruction 
  to 
  light 
  and 
  air; 
  

  

  it 
  is 
  practically 
  invisible 
  ; 
  

  

  it 
  is 
  indestructible; 
  

  

  it 
  will 
  never 
  lose 
  its 
  color, 
  either 
  by 
  chipping, 
  wear, 
  fading 
  

   or 
  other 
  causes; 
  

  

  it 
  is 
  immune 
  against 
  the 
  corrosive 
  action 
  of 
  salt 
  air. 
  

  

  Pompeiian 
  Bronze 
  Wire 
  Cloth, 
  of 
  which 
  we 
  are 
  the 
  originators 
  and 
  sole 
  manufacturers, 
  is 
  made 
  

   of 
  an 
  alloy 
  of 
  copper, 
  aluminum, 
  and 
  other 
  non-corrosive 
  materials, 
  and 
  combines 
  the 
  durability 
  of 
  

   these 
  materials 
  with 
  the 
  toughness 
  and 
  elasticity 
  of 
  steel. 
  

  

  Pompeiian 
  Bronze 
  Wire 
  Cloth 
  is 
  woven 
  on 
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  improved 
  power 
  looms, 
  which 
  insures 
  accuracy 
  

   and 
  uniformity 
  of 
  the 
  meshes 
  in 
  warp 
  and 
  filling. 
  

  

  Pompeiian 
  Bronze 
  Wire 
  Cloth 
  is 
  in 
  color 
  a 
  facsimile 
  of 
  the 
  ancient 
  Pompeiian 
  bronzes, 
  and 
  is 
  

   so 
  delicately 
  shaded 
  as 
  to 
  render 
  the 
  cloth 
  almost 
  invisible. 
  The 
  color 
  is 
  produced 
  by 
  the 
  combination 
  

   of 
  the 
  materials 
  entering 
  into 
  the 
  wire 
  and 
  not 
  by 
  paint 
  or 
  lacquer. 
  

  

  Pompeiian 
  Bronze 
  Wire 
  Cloth 
  is 
  for 
  sale 
  by 
  all 
  leading 
  hardware 
  dealers. 
  

  

  Packets 
  containing 
  samples 
  of 
  Pompeiian 
  Bronze 
  Wire 
  Cloth 
  can 
  be 
  secured 
  free 
  by 
  writing 
  to 
  Department 
  K. 
  

   We 
  strongly 
  advise 
  sending 
  for 
  one 
  before 
  installing 
  screens, 
  as 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  the 
  means 
  of 
  making 
  this 
  summer 
  a 
  more 
  

   comfortable 
  one. 
  

  

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