XVIU 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



February, 1910 



50 PACES OF DISTINCTIVE HOMES 



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CRAFTSMAN HOMES 



By GUSTAV STICKLEY 



A Book for Architects, Builders, Containing practical house plans, 

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models for furniture, metal work 

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covers the subject in an admirable man- 

 ner, the walls and their treatment are taken 

 up, followed by the floors and their treat- 

 ment ; then come the ceiling, the windows, 

 l)lin(ls and curtains. A chapter on textile 

 fabrics follows and there is an interesting- 

 chapter on furniture and sanitary ap])li- 

 anccs. There are also chapters which give 

 valuable hints on rooms for various uses. 

 There is even a section on that much neg- 

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Sewage Purification and Disposal. By 

 J. J. Cosgrove. Pittsburg : Standard 

 Sanitary Mfg. Co. Pp. 222. Price, 

 $3.00. 

 This admirable treatise aims to present in 

 concise, ready form, rules, tables and data 

 for designing and proportioning purifica- 

 tion works. It summarizes much scattered 

 ])rofessional knowledge and research, and 

 is offered as a guide to communities grap- 

 pling with the very difficult problems of 

 which it treats. The purpose of the author 

 has been to show the methods of con- 

 structing various types of sewage purifi- 

 cation plants, their details and proportions, 

 together with a description of the materials 

 best suited to the purpose. While the book 

 is one primarily designed for the engineer, 

 the subject-matter is presented in an attrac- 

 tive form and the various problems consid- 

 ered are stated in a way that the layman 

 himself may readily comprehend. Numer- 

 ous diagrams and figures add to the lucidity 

 of the text and add greatly to the value of 

 the book. There is a careful index. 



The English House : How to Judge Its 

 Periods and Its Styles. By W. 

 Shaw Sparrow. New York : John 

 Lane Co. Pp. 348. Price, $2.50 net. 

 A charming and delightful book, merit- 

 ing the warmest praise. The author saga- 

 ciously remarks that the writing of books 

 for architects only, can not do much good, 

 since no appeal is made to the real patron 

 and paymaster, the nation as a whole. He 

 rightly believes that the public ought to be 

 interested in architecture, and thinks very 

 truly that, as certain skillful writers have 

 made abstruse science popular and attrac- 

 tive, a similar skill might be applied to ar- 

 chitecture with equal success. He offers 

 his book on the English home as a contribu- 

 tion toward that end, and he is more than 

 justified in hoping for the realization of 

 his expectations. 



Mr. Sparrow's book is more than a mere 

 history of architecture ; it is not even a his- 

 tory of domestic building in England ; but 

 it is a well-meant effort to interest the lay- 

 man in the architecture of his home, and in 

 the architecture of the homes of other peo- 

 ple. This can be done in England with 

 more success than in America, as the older 

 country is rich in possession of individual 

 homes of almost every age, many of which 

 are of the deepest historical and architec- 

 tural interest. Moreover, Mr. Sparrow does 

 not write as an historian, but as a modern 

 observer, applying the lesson of past times 

 to his own, and offering many shrewd 

 words of suggestion and opinions that well 

 deserve careful heeding. The book as a 

 whole is a sketch of English domestic ar- 

 chitecture, very agreeably written, and pre- 

 sented in a way that gives the subject a true 

 and living interest. It is, in short, a very 

 notable contribution to the popularization 

 of architecture. The book is beautifully il- 

 lustrated and is an excellent addition to 

 contemporary architectural literature. 



