October, 1906 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



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fore, treats of the selection of a farm for profit, 

 and the remaining portion deals with the var- 

 ious regions of the territory covered. The spe- 

 cial chapters relating to States and countries 

 have, in most instances, been read ami criti- 

 cized by some one at present living or who has 

 lived therein, and sometimes by two or more. 

 No pains, therefore, have been spared to make 

 the text accurate and the book trustworthy. It 

 is an admirable addition to the literature ot 

 scientific farming. 



American Interior Decoratiion. New 

 York: Clifford and Lawton. 55 plates. 

 Portfolio. 

 The present popularity of historic furni- 

 ture, or rather of furnishing by periods as- 

 sures a welcome to any publication that un- 

 dertakes to illustrate such work in a systematic 

 and definite manner. The compilers of the 

 present portfolio have made a selection of 

 fifty-five plates, taken from American exam- 

 ples and presenting as many rooms or apart- 

 ments decorated and furnished in a consistent 

 style. It is but the simple truth to say that 

 this result — historical accuracy — is not 

 always achieved in the somewhat gaudy man- 

 ner with which many American dwellings 

 are now often overfurnished, and particularly 

 with what may be called exotic styles, in 

 which what is often enough but a mere char- 

 acteristic detail is expanded into a whole room 

 treatment. Messrs. Clifford and Lawton have 

 fortunately omitted most of such efforts from 

 their selection. 



The illustrations are taken from various 

 sources, including photographs and sketches, 

 exhibits at St. Louis and in furnishing shops. 

 The individual merit of the plates is, there- 

 fore, somewhat varied. It is to be regretted 

 that, in most cases, no information is given 

 as to the location of the rooms shown nor the 

 sources of the illustrations. The addition of 

 the designer's name would have been a well- 

 deserved courtesy that should not have been 

 avoided. 



The Talbot J. Taylor Collection. Fur- 

 niture, \\ ood-carving, and other 

 Branches of the Decorative Arts. New 

 York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Pp. 139. 



This sumptuous book is a most interesting 

 record of the extraordinary collection of old 

 furniture made by Mr. Talbot J. Taylor, and 

 contained in his beautiful residence, Talbot 

 House, at Cedarhurst, Long Island. It is a 

 collection that represents years of earnest, 

 active effort in accumulation, and the making 

 of which, as well as its present enjoyment, 

 must have given unbounded satisfaction to its 

 fortunate owner. 



The acquisition of old furniture not only 

 necessitates a place in which to keep it, but 

 its proper arrangement. There is no criticism 

 to be made of Mr. Taylor on either of these 

 particulars. Talbot House is a beautiful 

 country home, one that has been added to 

 from time to time, but always in a har- 

 monious way and in excellent good taste. The 

 owner's accumulations of old furniture 

 amount, practically, to the contents of a 

 museum, yet his house has no suggestion ot, 

 a museum in its arrangement. Rare and beau- 

 tiful as much of its furniture is, it is displayed 

 with remarkable good taste, the various peri- 

 ods, as far as possible, being kept within 

 definite room limitations. The result is ob- 

 vious, for his rooms have all the aspect of 

 well-furnished, beautifully adorned apart- 

 ments, a result not always obtained by 

 the owners of old furniture. 



Mr. Taylor has manifestly spared neither 

 time nor money in gathering his treasures. 

 Thus he possesses four superb carved and 

 gilded seats of the Louis XV period, covered 

 with Beauvais tapestry, which belong to a 

 set of six, the other two of which were bought 



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