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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



May, 1913 



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while Mr. Mosher is in the world to re- 

 surrect such gems of literature as have 

 been shown to the oblivion of single or to 

 limited first editions. To possess a copy of 

 any one of the Mosher books is to possess 

 a literary treasure indeed. Mr. Mosher has 

 never loaned encouragement to bizarre 

 types, inappropriate papers and outrageous 

 bindings of the "Ooz Leather School," but 

 has instead put forth various works pub- 

 lished by him in a dress that should give 

 final immortality to their conception. 



Sinopaii, The Indian Boy. By James 

 Willard Schulz. Boston : Houghton, 

 Mifflin Company. 1913. Cloth, 8vo. 

 Illustrated. 154 pp. Price, $1.10 net. 

 This is the story of Sinopah, a Black- 

 foot Indian boy; he who afterward became 

 the great chief Pitamakan — Running Eagle. 

 It is a story which every boy and girl will 

 delight to read, a good book to place in the 

 hands of the Young Person. 



Embroidery or the Craft of the Needle. 

 By W. G. Paulson Townsend and Louisa 

 F. Pesel. New York : Frederick A. 

 Stokes Company. Foreword by Walter 

 Crane. Cloth, 8vo. Illustrated. 308 pp. 

 Price, $1.60 net. 



In that remarkable revival of the arts and 

 handicrafts of design, which has, curiously 

 enough, characterized the close of a century 

 of extraordinary mechanical invention and 

 commercial development, that most do- 

 mestic, delicate and charming of them all, 

 perhaps, the craft of the needle, holds a very 

 distinct position. There has been a long- 

 felt want for just such a book as "Embroid- 

 ery or the Craft of the Needle," which Mr. 

 Paulson's volume now fills. This can be 

 recommended to every student of the 

 subject. 



Chats on Old Jewelry and Trinkets. 

 By Maclver Percival. New York : 

 Frederick A. Stokes Company. 8vo. 300 

 Illustrations. Price, $2.00 net. 

 Chats on Old Jewelry and Trinkets ap- 

 pears to have been written mainly for 

 minor collectors — those who love old 

 things but cannot afford to pay large prices 

 for them. The book contains an historical 

 sketch of the subject up to the end of the 

 seventeenth century and is delightful and 

 instructive reading for one interested in 

 other branches of collecting as well. 



Chats on Old Pewter. By H. J. L. J. 



Masse. New York : Frederick A. 



Stokes Company. Cloth, 8vo. 422 pp. 



Price, $2.00 net. 



Chats on Old Pewter does not do more 

 than aim at being a useful guide to col- 

 lectors, but in this field it will be found 

 most valuable. One of its special features 

 is the list of Pewterers from 1550 to 1824, 

 compiled from all available reliable sources. 

 In it are the names of all Pewterers whose 

 touches are on the touch-plates. The 

 bibliography, glossary and notes on prices 

 of old pewter are especially valuable. 



The Studio Year Book of Decorative 

 Art. 1913. London: "The Studio" 

 Ltd. Paper. 8vo. Illustrated. Plates 

 in color. 248 pp. Price, $3.00 net. 

 The Studio Year Book of Decorative Art 

 is a review of the latest developments in 

 the artistic construction, decoration and 

 furnishing of the house as exemplified by 

 the foremost architects, builders, decorators 

 and artists of Great Britain, Germany, 

 Austria and Hungary. The American 

 home-maker will find much inspiration in 

 the pages of this year book, whose illustra- 

 tions are selected with judgment and finely 

 reproduced. 



