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by the King of England while Prince of 

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 examples of Louis XIV, XV, and XVI are 

 perhaps most numerous, but advantage has 

 been taken of every good opportunity, and 

 there are therefore many fine French and 

 Spanish pieces as well as many English ones. 

 Earlier than the sixteenth century there is 

 little enough, but from that time on the best 

 furniture periods are amply illustrated with 

 many fine examples. The specimens of wood- 

 carving, of metal-work and other forms of 

 decorative art are also of deep interest, while 

 the library includes a number of richly bound 

 volumes that are fine specimens of the best 

 historic bindings. 



The book descriptive of these treasures is 

 a handsome folio containing a hundred and 

 eighty-seven illustrations. Many of these are 

 individual views of separate pieces, but they 

 also include general views of rooms, as well 

 as views of the house and garden. It is beau- 

 tifully printed, and the illustrations are quite 

 unusual in their clearness and accuracy. The 

 text, while necessarily somewhat in the nature 

 of a catalogue, is a running comment on the 

 chief articles in the collection, and is quite 

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Building Superintendence and Con- 

 struction. Part III. Trussed 

 Roofs and Roof Trusses. By F. E. 

 Kidder, C. E. New York: William T. 

 Comstock. 1906. Pp. 297. Price, $3.00. 

 This volume forms the third part of the 

 notable series of text-books written by Dr. 

 Kidder, and now unfortunately ended, so far 

 as he himself is concerned, by his untimely 

 death just before this book issued from the 

 press. The first volume of the series treated 

 of Masons' Work, the second of Carpen- 

 ters' Work ; a fourth volume completing the 

 present subject, was blocked out by the author 

 and will, it is announced by the publisher, be 

 made public in due course. 



Dr. Kidder's books have long enjoyed a 

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 present work is fully up to the standard set by 

 its author in the earlier instalments. It is a 

 technical book, dealing with technical sub- 

 jects in a technical way, presenting the topics 

 in a truly scientific manner and covering it 

 with practical completeness. No other treat- 

 ment, indeed, would have been of value in a 

 book of this description. It is a book that 

 those having to do with the technical aspects 

 of building will find of unusual value. 



The book contains eight chapters, deal- 

 ing respectively with types of wooden trusses 

 and the mechanical principles involved; types 

 of steel trusses ; lay-out of trussed roofs and 

 bracing of the roof and trusses; open timber 

 roofs and church roofs ; vaulted and domed 

 ceilings, including octagonal and domed roofs ; 

 coliseums, armories, train-sheds, exposition 

 buildings, etc.; computing the purlin and truss 

 loads and supporting forces; and stress dia- 

 grams and vertical loads, including trusses 

 symmetrically and unsymmetrically located. 

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 three hundred diagrams. 

 How to Manage a Horse; or. Knowledge 

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 Edith Carrington and F. Leigh, F. R. C. 

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 Ltd., 1905. i6mo., pp. 99. Price, 50 

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 manner, and gives many useful hints and sug- 

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 book contain many excellent, if simple, rules 

 for riding and driving, but it contains much 

 useful advice as well for the care of the horse 

 in the stable and out. 



