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the present volume. Although this volume 
has a table of contents, one regrets that it 
was not supplied with an index. Nothing 
is so disturbing to the student as a volume 
of this sort which is not fully and carefully 
indexed. 
GARAGES, COUNTRY AND SUBURBAN. New 
York: The American Architect, 1911. 
4to; 80 illustrations. Price, $4.00. 
He must be hard to please whose eye is 
not gratified by the garages shown in the 
beautiful half-tone reproductions of this 
album. Even Cairo, Egypt, has yielded the 
publishers an artistic and satisfying model, 
while America has apparently been ran- 
sacked for buildings that delight the artistic 
sense and meet the most exacting practical 
requirements. The plans of most of these 
are included, so that much help is afforded 
the man who is deciding on the structural 
features of a new garage. Some twenty 
preliminary pages of text take under con- 
sideration the essentials of construction and 
equipment, including the safe handling and 
storage of oils. 
Tue AMERICAN ARTISAN WINDOW DISPLAY 
Manuat. Chicago: Daniel Stern, 1911. 
8vo; 271 pp.; illustrated. 
The suggestions and arrangements of- 
ered are confined to hardware. It is a com- 
paratively easy matter to place in a shop 
window some curiosity or design that will 
attract a crowd. It is quite another mat- 
ter to make the window a “silent sales- 
man” that will bring patronage to the pro- 
prietor. The writer has endeavored to keep 
the more important purpose to the fore. 
Several of the illustrations show  prize- 
winning designs. Others specialize on such 
goods as nickel-plated ware, fishing tackle, 
tools and sporting goods. Still others show 
attractive dressings for Christmas, New 
Year’s and Thanksgiving, while a Wash- 
ington’s Birthday display utilizes the 
episode of the boy and the cherry tree to 
call attention to hatchets. The manual will 
be particularly helpful to retail dealers in 
the smaller towns who are sometimes at a 
loss to know just how to dress their win- 
dows to the best advantage. 
ENGINEERING OF To-Day. By Thomas W. 
Corbin. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott 
Company, 1911. 8vo; 367 pp.; 39 illus- 
trations and diagrams. Price, $1.50 net. 
The man who allows the title of this 
volume to deter him from reading it, be- 
cause he knows nothing of engineering, is 
unconsciously foregoing a pleasure. It is 
safe to say that this popular exposition of 
well-known but little-understood devices is 
just what many of us have been waiting for. 
Those of us who have an overwhelming 
sense of our own ignorance in the presence 
of a steam engine should examine for a 
minute the full-page drawing entitled “The 
Soul of the Steam-Engine,” in which a 
cylinder is represented as if transparent, 
thus enabling us to see what takes place 
within its walls. The gas-engine is similarly 
explained by simple description and illus- 
tration, and this simplicity and clearness is 
carried through the entire range of subjects, 
from the making of big guns to submarine 
diving; from the trolley-car to war ves- 
sels; from running water to the railway. 
Gas-EncInE Desicn. By E. J. Stoddard. 
Detroit: Parker & Burton. 4to; 100 pp. 
Price, $1. 
The pamphlet starts with an introduc- 
tion on compressed air. It discusses, in 
ordinary language, gasoline and air mix- 
tures, valves and ‘helical springs, the 
| Is there any excuse for unattractive 
houses on account of expense? 
{ Inanswer to this Geo, M. Kauffman, Architect announces Ist, 2nd and 3rd 
series “Distinctive Homes and Gardens.’’ The masses are 
q just awakening to the fact that there is mere building and then there is 
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These books are devoted to the home, its planning, building, re- 
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H should possess. They contain many illustrations, floor plans, descrip- 
B tions and correct estimates of the best, moderate and low cost houses 
built today. thus offering an excellent opportunity of studying some of 
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These nooks also contatn plans of gardens and best of all we devote 
4% many pages to general information and in telling you how to secure all 
| these things. The information and suggestion will greatly aid you in 
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This timely advice alone might save or make you hundreds of dollars to 
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Your home means much to you! It expresses your life—your in- 
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@ The soul must be fed in the home as well as the body, therefore there 
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@ made to fit your every need it should also be wholesome in its art, 
fitting to its environment and possessing the charm that will increase 
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@ series) will be sent postpaid upon receipt of $1.50. We furnish plans 
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The Burlington Venetian Blind 
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