XXVi AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
HOW TO TELL 
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REG Ud PAT OFF 
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FURNITURE DRAPERIES FLOOR COVERINGS 
ARTHUR D. RUSSELL 
INTERIOR DECORATIONS 
Schemes for harmonious furnishings, with the 
essential keynote of Owner’s individuality necessary 
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Benches, Pedestals, 
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See Sweet's Catalogue for 1912, Pages 1598 and 1599 
Benches Entrances 
JAPANESE PaintING. By Henry P. Bowie. 
San Francisco: Paul Elder & Co. Cloth 
8vo.; Illustrated. 117% pp. Price, $3.50 
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Mr. Henry P. Bowie’s work on Japanese 
Art is probably the only one of its kind 
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Mr. Bowie lived for many years in Japan, 
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THE RENAISSANCE IN ITALY, FRANCE AND 
Encianp. Vol. 3. History of Archi- 
tectural Development. _By F. M. Simp- 
son. New York: Longmans, Green & 
Co., 1912. . Cloth 8vo.; Illustrated. 
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The history of the Renaissance of archi- 
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The volume, apparently intended primarily 
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abundance of technical illustration of great 
worth. Here and there in Professor 
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with, as where he remarks that “The re- 
vival, in literature preceded what is known 
as the Renaissance in Architecture, but 
it is a mistake to say that it occasioned it.” 
But from very few uncritical and un- 
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Simpson frees himself in the main, and the 
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will gain a truer conception of the develop- 
ment of modern architecture from having 
the good fortune to study its pages. 
LET’S MAKE A FLOWER GARDEN 
By Hanna Rion 
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THOMAS O. PAIGE, Manager 
May, 1912 
