xvi AMERICAN HOMES AND “GARDENS 
October, 1912 
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WHERE THE SHAMROCK Grows. By 
George H. Jessop. New York: The 
Baker & Taylor Company, 1911. 12mo.; 
224 pages. Price, $1 net. 
This is not a work on the Irish flora, as 
might be inferred from its title and from 
its inclusion among reviews of scientific 
nublications, but a simole storv of an Irish- 
man’s return from America to the land of 
his birth. It makes light but thoroughly 
wholesome reading, and its comedy-drama 
of hot heads and warm hearts is well char- 
actered and distinctly entertaining. 
THe ART OF THE VIENNA GALLERIES. By 
David C. Preyer, A.M. Boston; LivG: 
Page & Co., 1911. 12mo.; 331 pagesi 
illustrated. Price, $2 net. 
In the galleries of Vienna are some six 
thousand canvases, many of them of the 
first importance and value. Titian, Palma, 
Giorgione, Tintoretto, and Rubens, are all 
well represented, and numerous paintings 
which bear less familiar names have been 
acclaimed as almost equal in rank and merit 
with those of the accepted masters. In 
short, so rich is Vienna in art collections, 
that high authority places her above all 
other cities save London, Rome, Paris, and | 
St. Petersburg. The duo-gravures of the 
volume commendably reproduce, or at least 
suggest, the handling of light and shade and 
the general treatment of the originals. In 
Bonovicino’s “St. Justina”—a picture much 
praised, which has even been made the 
foundation of a German novel—we get the 
atmospheric delicacy, the crvstal illumina- 
tion, for which the artist is justly famous. 
Van Dyck’s “Prince Rhodokanakis” shows 
a well-lighted portrait; we instinctively ac- 
knowledge the charm of the intellectual 
forehead, the sane and kindly side-glance of 
the eyes, and the strong, white hand resting 
upon the sword-hilt. Rubens is represented 
by “The Pelise,’ and Rembrandt by the 
portrait of his mother. Ruisdael’s “Great 
Forest” is a landscape worthy of mention, 
while in “The Glutton” we find a good ex- 
ample of Jordaens’ almost brutal fidelity 
to the coarser phases of life. Mr. Preyer’s 
descriptive writing is vivid, vigorous, and 
satisfying. His comparisons are drawn 
with a sure touch, and the volume as a 
whole cannot fail to make enthusiastic 
friends. 
THE Principles oF Heatinc. By Will- 
iam G. Snow. New York: David Will- 
iams Company. 1912; Cloth; 8vo.; 
Illustrated ; 224 pp. Price, $2.00 net. 
In this volume its author has laid especial 
stress on the application of the heat unit to 
the solving of heating problems. It is a 
technical work by an authority. Among 
other interesting paragraphs is one on heat- 
ing small swimming pools. 
GARDEN DESIGN IN THEORY AND PRACTICE. 
By Madeline Agar. Philadelphia; J. B. 
Lippincott Company. 1912: Cloth; 
8vo.; Gilt tops; Hlustrated in color; 272 
Pp. nice pe.00mmer 
In writing this book the author has 
chosen to omit everything of a purely horti- 
cultural nature, such as instructions on cul- 
tivation and lists of suitable plants for dif- 
ferent soils and situations. Inasmuch as 
these particular subjects have been covered 
many times in innumerable gardening 
books, one is glad to find that here, instead, 
stress has been laid upon form in garden 
design. In the last few years an interest in 
the forms of gardens has been revived, 
much to the satisfaction of those who 
realize how much this adds to the beauty 
of our gardens. Garden Design is well 
worth buying, reading and studying. 
