July, 1 913 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



XV 



is picturesque as well as instructive. Mr. 

 Dana has not neglected the Swiss chalet 

 in America and tells the reader something 

 of the use that has been made of chalet 

 forms in California, accompanying his text 

 with most attractive pictures. 



Chapter I deals with Swiss architecture 

 and builders, and succeeding chapters dis- 

 cuss construction details, decoration, fur- 

 nishing, etc., while the last chapter is de- 

 voted to the subject of the adaptation of 

 the Swiss chalet in other countries, espe- 

 cially in America. 



The Post-Office and Its Story. By Ed- 

 ward Bennett. London : Seeley, Service 

 & Co., Ltd.: 1912. Cloth. Svo. Illus- 

 trated. 356 pages 



A great deal has been written on the sub- 

 ject of the British postal service, but until 

 the appearance of Mr. Edward Bennett's 

 ''The Post-Office and Its Story" there has 

 been no work on the subject up to date for 

 many years. As penny postage and postage 

 stamps originated in England, the history of 

 the British Postal service is of great in- 

 terest. Beginning with "Postboys and Mail 

 Coaches," each chapter in the book traces 

 the rapid development of Sir Rowland Hill's 

 idea to its ultimate intricate but successful 

 working out. The illustrations are particu- 

 larly interesting. Although an English work, 

 this book will be invaluable to the American 

 student of postal history. 



Lixcolxiaxa Book Plates and Collec- 

 tioxs. Kansas City: H. Alfred Fow- 

 ler: 1913. Boards. 12mo. Engraved 

 plates. Edition limited to 500 copies. 

 Price, $2.50. 



"Lincolniana Book Plates and Collec- 

 tions" is the alluring titles of a little vol- 

 ume recently issued by H. Alfred Fowler, 

 publisher of "The Biblio," of Kansas City, 

 Mo. The book is the outgrowth of an at- 

 tempt to describe the book plates bearing 

 portraits of Lincoln or other appropriate de- 

 signs associated with his name. The author, 

 however, found the collections of Lincolni- 

 ana in which these book plates were used 

 of more interest than the plates themselves, 

 and so Charles W. McLellan, Judd Stew- 

 art and J. B. Oakleaf have contributed 

 three delightful little papers on their collec- 

 tions. All are veterans in the field, and it 

 is only to be regretted that similar descrip- 

 tions could not be given of the collections 

 of Hon. Daniel Fish, J. W. Burton and 

 the late prince of Lincoln collections, Major 

 W. H. Lambert of Philadelphia. Mr. 

 Fowler's book should be owned by every 

 Lincoln collector. It has a handsomely en- 

 graved title page with a Lincoln portrait, and 

 the Lincoln bookplates of Judd Stewart, H. 

 Alfred Fowler and J. B. Oakleaf are used 

 to embellish the text. A blank Lincoln 

 bookplate is laid in loosely to be put in the 

 owner's copy. The printing is all that could 

 be desired. 



Trees ats'd How They Grow. By G. 

 Clarke Xuttall. Xew York: Cassell and 

 Company: 1913. Cloth, 8vo. Illus- 

 trated in color and by halftones. 184 

 pp. Price, $2.00. 



Each chapter in "Trees and How They 

 Grow" is a history of a species and is so 

 interestingly written that the book cannot 

 fail to be gratefully received as a worthy 

 addition to the garden library. In common 

 with too many modern books of the sort 

 Mr. Corke's volume lacks an index. It seems 

 extraordinary that publishers occasionally 

 overlook the fact of the great importance 

 of an index to a book. 



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