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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



February, 1910 



JUST PUBLISHED 



Three New Instructive Books 



SUITABLE FOR HOLIDAY GIFTS 



Concrete Pottery ai\d Garden 



Furniture 



BY RALPH C. DAVISON 



12mo, 5K X 7J2 inches, 196 pages, 140 illustrations. Price, $1 50 Postpaid 

 A most attractive book. The only work issued on the subject 



THIS work should appeal strongly to all those interested in ornamental concrete, as the author has taken up 

 and explained in detail in a most practical manner the various methods of casting concrete in ornamental 

 shapes. The titles of the thirteen chapters which this book contains will give a general idea of the broad 

 character of the work. They are entitled : 



Ir Making Wire Forms and Frames; II., Covering the Wire Frames and Modeling the Cement Mortar into Form ; 



III., Plaster Molds for Simple Forms ; IV., Plaster Molds for 



Objects Having Curved Outlines ; V., Combination of Casting 



and Modeling — An Egyptian Vase; VI., Glue Molds ; VII., 



Colored Cements and Methods Used for Producing Designs 



with Same ; VIII., Selection of Aggregates ; IX., Wooden 



Molds — Ornamental Flower Pots Modeled by Hand and Inlaid 



with Colored Tile ; X., Concrete Pedestals ; XI., Concrete 



Benches; XII., Concrete Fences; XIII., Miscellaneous, In- 

 cluding Tools, Waterproofing and Reinforcing. 



The first two chapters explain a most unique and original 



method of working pottery which has been developed by the 



author. The chapter on color work alone is worth many times 



the cost of the book, inasmuch as there is little known on this 



subject, and there is a large and growing demand for this 



class of work. The author has taken for granted that the 



reader knows nothing whatever about the material and has 



explained each progressive step in the various operatiors 

 throughout in detail. These directions havo been supplemented with half-tones and line illustrations which are so clear that no one can misunderstand them. The 

 amateur craftsman who has been working in clay will especially appreciate the adaptability of concrete for pottery work, inasmuch as it is a cold process throughout, 

 thus doing away with the necessity of kiln firing, which is necessary with the former material. The book is well gotten up, and is printed on heavy glazed paper 

 and abounds in handsome illustrations throughout, which clearly show the unlimited possibilities of ornamentation in concrete. 



Handy Man's Workshop 

 and Laboratory 



Compiled and Edited by A. RUSSELL BOND 



]2ino, 6x8/4^ inches, 467 pages, 370 illustrations 

 Price, $2.00 Postpaid 



A Collection of Ideas and Suggestions for the Practical 



Man 



EVERY practical mechanic, whether amateur or prof essional, has been con- 

 fronted many times with unexpected situations calling for the exercise 

 of considerable ingenuity. The resourceful man who has met an issue of 

 this sort successfully seldom, if ever, is adverse to making public his methods of 

 procedure. After all, he has little to gain by keeping the matter to himself and, 

 appreciating the advice of other practical men in the same line of work, he is only 

 too glad to contribute his own suggestions to the general fund of information. 

 About a year ago it was decided to open a department in the Scientific Amer- 

 ican devoted to the interests of the handy man. There was an almost immediate 

 response. * Hundreds of valuable suggestions poured in from every part of this 

 country and from abroad as well. Not only amateur mechanics, but profes- 

 sional men, as well, were eager to recount their experiences in emergencies and 

 offer useful bits of information, ingenious ideas, wrinkles or "kinks" as they 

 are called. Aside from these, many valuable contributions came from men in 

 other walks of life — resourceful men, who showed their aptness at duing things 

 about the house, in the garden, on the farm. The electrician and the man in 

 the physics and chemical laboratory furnished another tributary to the flood 

 of ideas. Automobiles, motor cycles, motor boats and the like frequently call 

 for a display of ingenuity among a class of men who otherwise would never 

 touch a tool. These also contributed a large share of suggestions that poured 

 in upon us. It was apparent from the outset that the Handy Man's Workshop 

 Department in the Scientific American would be utterly inadequate for so 

 large a volume of material ; but rather than reject any really useful ideas for 

 lack of space, we have collected the worthier suggestions, which we present in 

 the present volume. They have all been classified and arranged in nine 

 chapters, under the following headings : 



I., Fitting up a Workshop ; II., Shop Kinks; III., The Soldering of Metals 

 and the Preparation of Solders and Soldering Agents ; IV., The Handy Man in 

 the Factory ; V. , The Handy Man's Experimental Laboratory ; VI., The Handy 

 Man's Electrical Laboratory; VII., The Handy Man about the House; VIII., 

 The Handy Sportsman ; IX., Model Toy Flying Machines. 



The Scientific American 

 Boy at School 



By A. RUSSELL BOND 



12nio, 6 X S/i inches, 338 pages, 314 illustrations. 

 Price. $2.00 Postpaid 



An Ideal Book for Boys and Particularly so for the 

 Holidays 



THIS book is a sequel to " The Scientific American Boy,'' many thousand 

 copies of which have been sold, and has proven very popular witn the 

 boys. The main object of the book is to instruct how to build various 

 devices and api)aratus, particularly for outdoor use. The construction of the 

 apparatus which is fully within the scope of the average boy, is fully 

 described and the instructions are interwoven in a story, a feature which has 

 assisted in making'' The Scientific American Boy" so popular and interesting to 

 the boy. 



It takes up the story of "Bill" and several of his companions at boarding 

 school. They form a mysterious Egyptian society, whose object is to emulate 

 the resourcefulness of the ancients. Their Chief Astrologer and Priest of the 

 Sacred Scarabeus is gifted with unusual powers, but his magic is explained so 

 that others can copy it. Under the directions of the Chief Engineer, dams, 

 bridges and canal-locks are constructed. The Chief Admiral and Naval Con- 

 structor builds many types of boats, some of which are entirely new. The 

 Chief Craftsman and the Chief Artist also have their parts in the work done 

 by the Society, over which Pharaoh and his Grand Vizier have charge. Follow- 

 ing is a list of the chapters : 



Chapter I., Initiation ; Chapter II., Building a Dam; Chapter III., The Skiff; 

 Chapter IV., The Lake House; Chapter V., A Midnight Surprise; Chapter VI., 

 The Modern Order of Ancient Engineers ; Chapter VII., A ''Pedal Paddle-Boat"; 

 Chapter VIIL, Surveying ; Chapter IX., Sounding the Lake ; Chapter X., 

 Signaling Systems ; Chapter XL, The Howe Truss Bridge ; Chapter XII., The 

 Seismograph ; Chapter XIII., The Canal Lock ; Chapter XIV., Hunting with a 

 Camera; Chapter XV., The Gliding Machine; Chapter XVI., Camping Ideas; 

 Chapter XVII., The Haunted House ; Chapter XVIII., Sun-Dials and Clepsydras ; 

 Chapter XIX., The Fish-tail Boat; Chapter XX., Kite Photography; Chapter 

 XXL, Water-Kites and Current Sailing; Chapter XXIL, The Wooden Canoe: 

 Chapter XXIU., The Bicycle Sled; Chapter XXIV., Magic; Chapter XXV.. 

 The Sailboat ; Chapter XXVL, Water Sports, and Chapter XXVIL, Geyser 

 Fountain. 



UNN & COMPANY, Inc., 



361 Broadway, New York 



