February, igio 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



XVI 1 



NEW BOOKS 



The Grapes of New York. By U. P. 

 Hedrick. Albany : New York Agri- 

 cultural Station. Pp. 15-I-564. 



This massive volume, which is issued as 

 a part of the fifteenth aimual report of the 

 Department of Agriculture of the State of 

 New York, is a sumptuous quarto of almost 

 monumental proportions, and is one of the 

 handsomest books on fruit that has been 

 published during- the year. Its purpose i;-" 

 to record the state of the development of 

 American grapes, and while its title im- 

 plies that this has been done for a single 

 locality, its editor properly adds that in 

 this respect New York is representative of 

 the whole country. Its contents is, indeed 

 much broader than the title indicates and 

 includes brief historical narratives of Old 

 "World and New AA'orld grapes; an ac- 

 count of the grape regions and of grape- 

 srrowine in New York, with statistics re- 

 lating to the grape, wme and grape juice 

 industries of that state ; a discussion of the 

 species of American grapes; and the syn- 

 onymy, bibliography, economic status, and 

 full descriptions of all of the important va- 

 rieties of American grapes. The footnotes 

 give biographical information as to per- 

 .sons identified with grape culture, as well 

 as many historical data. 



The text of the book has been prepared 

 with the utmost care and is exceedingly 

 full and complete. The illustrations, which 

 are an essential part of the publication, are 

 in full color, and many of them are ver}' 

 beautiful and lifelike It is a book that 

 offers, on every page, ample evidence of 

 the care lavished upon it, while its pic- 

 torial parts are of the greatest interest. 

 It is a notable contribution to the literature 

 of the grape and is a work that must 

 greatly redound to the advantage of every 

 one who has taken part in its production. 

 Its publication is a fine testimony to the 

 Hberality of the state of New York in 

 agricultural matters. 



A New Light ox Axciext Egypt. By G. 

 INIaspero. New York, 1909: D. Ap- 

 pleton & Co. 8vo. Pp. 315. Price 

 S4.00, net. 

 Professor Maspero is one of the most 

 noted Egyptologists in the world and he 

 states in his preface that he has been 

 fifteen years trying to bring science, sup- 

 posed to be comprehensible only to experts, 

 within the reach of the ordinarv man and 

 it is gratifving to find that his time has not 

 been wasted. He has drawn his materials 

 from everything that can be di.scu'sed with 

 educated people without demanding any- 

 thing more than a little attention. Excava- 

 tions, religion, travels, popular customs, 

 literature and history have cc]: and all 

 furnished him with subjects. The result is 

 a living picture of the researches made in 

 the domain of Egyptology during a period 

 of fifteen years. The book is a most fas- 

 cinating one to all who may have even 

 slight appreciation of what Egyptology 

 really means. Many chapters deal with 

 the very latest discoveries and matter that 

 have never before appeared in book form. 



HixT-s o.x Hf;(;sE Furxishixg. By W. 

 Shaw Sparrow. New York, 1909 : 

 John Lgne Company. 8vo. Pp. 308. 

 Price. $3.C)0, net. 

 The sumptuous volume before us is filled 

 with valuable hints on house furnishing 

 and decoration. The plates are particu- 

 larly well executed and are inserted allow- 

 ing the text to be printed on paper which 

 is agreeable to the eye and to the fingers as 

 well. .After a general introduction which 



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