October, 1912 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS xv 
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Book oF Obes (SHI-KING) OF CONFUCIUS. 
By L. Cranmer-Byng. New York: E. P. 
Dutton & Co. Cloth; 16mo.; 57 pages. 
Price, 40 cents net. 
This little volume in the ‘““‘Wisdom of 
the East” series, rendered into English by 
one of its two editors, L. Cranmer-Byng, 1s 
a translation of Confucius’ “Book of 
Poetry,” compiled by the great Chinese 
philosopher about the year 500 B.C. from 
earlier collections then extant. It is the 
more welcome in that it is removed from 
only scholarly consideration and, instead, is 
brought by Mr. Cranmer-Byng to carry to 
every reader a sense of the spirit of the 
poems which Confucius felt of such enor- 
mous importance to the development of 
what one might call the “humanities” in 
China. Too long have the great literatures 
of the East remained in hand where the 
letter of the text has been considered to be 
something all-important at the expense of 
its spirit. The time has come when one 
should stand forth and claim his share in 
the revelation of truth and beauty from 
other lands and peoples whom our invinci- 
ble Western ignorance has in the past 
taught us, perhaps, to despise. 
MaKING A TENNIS Court. By George E. 
Walsh. New York: McBride, Nast & 
Company.- 1912.- Cloth. 12mo. 453 
pages. Price, 50 cents net. 
This tiny book contains a number of 
hints that will prove suggestive to anyone 
planning to construct a tennis court. 
Let’s MAKE A FLOWER GARDEN. By Han- 
na Rion. New York: McBride, Nast & 
Company. 1912. Cloth. 16mo. 208 
pages. Price, $1.35 net. 
As the publishers explain in its preface, 
several chapters of this book have appeared, 
essentially in their present form, in various 
magazines. As a pretty little gift-book for 
one interested in gardening from its “liter- 
ary” point-of-view. The sentiment of gar- 
dens and gardening is of perennial delight 
and perhaps this little book will bring some 
breath of this to those who have not be- 
fore been touched-by the love of gardens. 
THe WONDERLAND OF Stamps. By W. 
Dwight Burroughs. New York: 
Frederick A. Stokes Company. New 
York, Cloth, 8vo.; 238 pp.; Illustrated. 
Price, $1.50 net. : 
It has often been said that postage-stamp 
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of pastimes, because of the immense 
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geography, etc., connected with it. Yet few 
people understand how many and how 
varied are the interesting things told on the 
pictures of stamps. In this book a good- 
natured uncle with a large stamp collec- 
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veritable wonderland it discloses. He de- 
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antelope of Rhodesia to the zebra of Mada- 
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small records of big wars, a miniature 
edition of Don Quixote, the ancient myths, 
thumb-nail maps, Christmas stories, ships 
and locomotives of all descriptions—all 
pictured on postage stamps of various 
countries. 
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