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= =>; | lineating the personalities of the chief fig- 
ures which make Professor Paxon’s book 
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Oriental Stone Lanterns || | «::i#!y istersting 
Z Polar Exploration, by Dr. W. S. Bruce, 
leader of the “Scotia” espedition, fills a 
For American Gardens long needed want. It is a volume small 
rare = : 0 : in size, but of enormous interest, contain- 
APANESE Gardens in America’”’ 1S ing an outline of the essential facts and 
the name of a Vantine Book that is problems of Polar exploration, not pretend- 
: cree te : ie! ing to be in any way a complete history of 
well illustrated and daintily printed the subject, but rather a practical introduc- 
‘Plans and treatment and why this form tion covering all the general reader will wish 
of Garden should be given the preference.’” ||| | t© know without specializing. 
If you have a nine-foot square of ground, or if you own a 
large country estate, what Florence Dixon says in the four in- 
troductory pages will appeal to you in a very personal way— 
PALESTINE DepicTED AND DESCRIBED. By 
G. E. Franklin, F.R.G.S. New York: 
E. P. Dutton & Co., 1911. Cloth, 8vo. 
“‘The Laying Out of Japanese Gardens ”’ Illustrated. 219 pp. Price, $3 net. 
Central Park is primarily a naturalistic Park, but the best The Holy Land described by a traveler 
section is treated in Japanese style— who has visited that locality more than a 
Like the Italian garden, the Japanese has certain archi- score of times and who knows it from north 
tectural features—quaint wooden bridges, stepping stones, stone to south and from east to west as well as 
lanterns, stone or bronze deer, dogs and cranes, each having special signifiance. the ordinary man knows his own street is 
Stone lanterns, be it noted, are tokens of thankfulness or thank offerings for the recovery something which will appeal to every reader. 
from sickness of members of the family— 
The custom of presenting native offerings of lanterns in bronze or stone, large or small, 
Mr. G. E. Franklin, F.R.G.S., the celebrated 
plain or decorated, dates from early days, and no Buddhist temple is complete without its Oriental traveler, has just written such a 
moss grown lantern adorning the courts or grounds. book, and illustrated it with some hundreds 
The Book—“Japanese Gardens in America” is a treatise—a novel and a Wee all of photographs taken by himself of scenes 
in one —the very epitome of art from a nature study—and is published by Vantine for and views associated with all the most sacred 
those interested in Laridscape Gardens. 
Write for a free copy and write to-day, for the edition is limited. and important events recorded in the Old 
Vantine’s Standard Stone Lanterns, Stone Dogs, Frogs and other figures—Bronze Lanterns, Storks, and New Testaments. 
Kongs, Buddhas and various ornaments are illustrated, fully described and sensibly priced in this Book. The volume entitled “Palestine Depicted 
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The call of Wicker Furniture, Cretonne and Chintz Summer 
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data of the land, but also teeming with an- 
ecdote, incident, folk-lore, legend and the 
customs of the land interpretative of Bible 
language, phrases, parables and narratives. 
The aim of the author in writing this 
work has been to produce a useful book; 
one that shall be useful to the student who 
wishes to know something of the inner life, 
social amenities and economic conditions. of 
the country; a book interesting to the gen- 
eral reader who wishes to know something 
Hong of what the land is like; and most certain- 
BY MAIL—For the convenience of our out-of-town patrons, we maintain a 
perfectly equipped mail order department, through which you can shop with us 
by mail with the same assurance of satisfaction as if you personally purchased 
in our store, 
5 Hous ly useful to the tourist, in that—while 
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be found on every page. Palestine is one 
of the most interesting of the lands of the 
earth, but it is a land that must be seen 
more than once or twice in order to get a 
correct impression of its salient features. 
The tourist who visits the country in the 
Autumn sees a totally different country to 
those who visit it during the Spring months 
and many persons who have made a second 
visit to Palestine have been surprised to 
find of how much the impressions formed 
during the former visit required revising. 
Mr. Franklin has made some twenty-two 
visits—some of them protracted ones—to 
the country, and been privileged to enjoy 
the close friendship of many of the resi- 
dents, including sheiks and consuls, besides 
explorers and archeologists he has met 
from time to time, and in response to many | 
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The Garden 
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of the many letters from delighted owners: 
Book oF THE Tarpon. By A. W. Dimmock, 
New York: Outing Publishing Co., 
1911. .Cloth, 16mo..:-256 pages. © Price; 
$2.00 net. = 
This is one of the most interesting vol- 
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but are enjoyed by all of our friends.”’ 
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Indianapolis prices to-day? 
