February, 19 13 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



XV 



found elsewhere, perhaps, that, despite its 

 having been written a few years ago, it 

 should be carefully read by all who concern 

 themselves with the progress of Japan. 



Colonial Homes and Their Furnish- 

 ings. By Mary H. Northend. With 

 numerous illustrations. Boston : Little, 

 Brown & Co., 1912. Svo. Price, $5 net. 

 Miss Xorthend's name is a familiar one 

 to magazine readers. For some years she 

 has been a steady contributor to the more 

 important home magazines published in 

 this country. As a writer on the home and 

 its decoration, she has thoroughly familiar- 

 ized herself with architectural styles and 

 with furnishings. All this experience and 

 knowledge is reflected in the book before 

 us. Lavishly illustrated and beautifully 

 printed, it conducts the reader into many of 

 those historic dwellings of New England 

 which may be regarded as the acme of 

 architectural perfection and of good taste 

 in interior decoration. There can be no 

 question that Miss Northend has collected 

 a valuable amount of material, which is 

 here presented in such form that both the 

 professional architect and decorator and 

 the general public can profit by it. 



Modern Cottage Architecture. By 

 Maurice B. Adams, F.R.I.B.A. John 

 Lane Company. New York, 1912. Cloth. 

 8vo., gilt top. Illustrated. 248 pages. 

 Price, S3.50 net. 



This is the second and an enlarged edition 

 of Mr. Adams' book on modern cottage 

 architecture. The English cottage architec- 

 ture of to-day, as in former times, deserves 

 study and attention by reason of its excel- 

 lence, serving, as it does, to inspire so much 

 of our own cottage architecture. There- 

 fore, although an English book by an Eng- 

 lish authority, and illustrated by plates re- 

 producing English examples of cottages, 

 Mr. Adams' volume should be in the hands 

 of every American homemaker who plans to 

 build a cottage, as it is full of valuable sug- 

 gestions and the reproductions of floor 

 plans and photographs, both of interiors and 

 exteriors, are well chosen. 



Making a Rose Garden. B Henry H. 



Saylor. New York : McBride, Nast & 



Co., 1912. Cloth; 16mo.; 53 pages. Price, 



50 cents net. 



The writer of this little book does not 

 pretend to be an experienced authority in 

 the growing of Roses, but he presents a 

 readable little essay containing facts that 

 the amateur rosarian will find useful, and 

 matter compiled from dependable sources. 

 One does not just see, however, why ma- 

 terial to the limited extent of that contained 

 in Mr. Saylor's book should be put into a 

 volume by itself, as it would seem fully as 

 convenient and far less expensive to present 

 it through the columns of some periodical 

 devoted to gardening. 



The Practice of Oil Painting. By 

 Solomon J. Solomon, R.A., Philadelphia: 

 J. B. Lippincott & Company : 1912. 

 Cloth, Svo. 278 pp. Price, $1.75 net. 

 This is an admirable Art book of in- 

 calculable service to all who would be 

 painters. Primarily intended for the use 

 of Art students, it contains two elements 

 of special value to Art teachers : the ex- 

 position of a method by which the round 

 object can be reduced to the flat, and the 

 collection of plates made from drawings of 

 the human figure and its details, of casts, 

 and a still-life subject. Many of these are 

 ideal for high-school students to copy and 

 emulate, being supplemented by fine repro- 



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