March, 1910 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



111 



WILSON'S OUTSIDE VENETIANS, 



Blind and Awning Combined 



THE most practical and useful form of Venetian yet devised; they com- 

 bine beaur\', utility and durability to a degree that no other blind 

 of any kind can equal; suitable alike for town and country houses. 

 Slats can be opened and dosed and blinds raised or lowered from inside 

 without opening" window. When blind is pulled up entire frame is folded 

 out of sigrht. making" a very neat appearance. 



Mention "American Homes and Gardens" for free booklet. 

 Orders sboiild be placed now for early siinitner 



JJ^S. G. ^VILSOX MFG. COMPAXY 



3 and 5 West 29th Street. NEW YORK 



Patentee and Manufacturer of Inside Venetians, Porch. Venetians, Piazza 



Venetians, Rolling Partitions, Rolling Steel Shutters. Burglar 



and Fireproof Steel Curtains, ^Vood Block Flours 



Are You a Home Lover? 



If so, you need the Garden Number of 



'The 



HOUSE 

 BEAUTIFUL 



Featuring a Special Article 



" On. Gardens and Garden Tradi- 

 tions," by Cor-win Knapp Linson. A notable 

 article with illustrations in colors by the author 

 reproducing the original paintings of gardens. 

 One of these, "A Garden Enclosed, " is a work 

 of art w^orth framing. 



other Features ot This Issue 



"Water Lilies for Flat Dwellers," by 



Elizabeth A. Reed. 



** Planting Trees Abont the Country 

 House," by Lorin O. Machin. 



" Architectural Adornments of Gar- 

 dens," by Aymar Embury II of New York. 



"The Pre - Raphaelites and Their 

 Work," by C. R. Ashbee, London, England. 



** Sun Parlors at Home," by J. Frances 

 Cooke. 



"Spanish Influence on Furniture 

 Design," by Virginia Robie. 



"The Home Garden;" "Old China;" 

 "Questions and Ans-wers;" "In 

 Metropolitan Shops." 



64 Pages-— Over 60 Illustrations 



BUY A COPY TODAY 



From Your News Dealer 



It's 25 Cents Well Invested 



Or, w^rite us, using this coupon and we will 

 mail a sample copy free and explain our in- 

 ducements to new^ subscribers. 



THK HOUSE BEAUTIFUL CO. 



261 Michiiian Avenue, Chicaijo, 111. 



Please mail me sample copy of The House Beautiful 

 for inspection. 



Name 



Street 



City State 



Popular Scientific Books 



Ji/i\CJC* STAGE ILLUSIONS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 IVl Avilv, DIVERSIONS, INCLUDING TRICK PHOTOGRAPHY 



Compiled and Edited by ALBERT A. HOPKINS 

 With an Introduction by Henry Ridgely Evans 



8vo. 568 Pages. 420 Illustrations. Price, $2.50, Postpaid 

 ^^^-^HIS unique work appeals to the professional and amateur 

 tf *' J alike and will prove a welcome addition to any library. It is 

 ^^^/ the acknowledged standard work on magic. The illusions are 

 illustrated by the highest class of engravings, and are all explained 

 in detail, showing exactly how the tricks are performed. Great 

 attention is paid to the exposes of large and important illusions, in 

 many cases furnished by the prestidigitateurs themselves. Conjuring 

 is not neglected, a selection of some of the best known of these 

 tricks having been made. The work cannot fail to be of interest to 

 young and old, and there is hardly anyone who is in anyway in- 

 terested in either science or magic to whom it will not appeal. It is 

 beautifully printed and attractively bound. An illustrated circular 

 and table of contents will be sent on application. 



EXPERIMENTAL SCIENCE 



By GEORGE M. HOPKINS 



Twenty-fifth Edition, Revised and Greatly Enlarged 

 1,100 Pages, over goo Illustrations 

 Two Octavo Volumes; Price in Cloth, $5.00; Half Morocco, 

 $7.00, Postpaid 

 ■^^^^HIS book treats on the various topics of physics in a popu- 

 ■ 'j lar and practical way. It describes the apparatus in detail, 

 ^^^ and explains the experiments in full, so that teachers, 

 students and others interested in physics may readily make the 

 apparatus without expense, and perform the experiments without 

 difficulty. The aim. of the writer has been to render physical ex- 

 perimentation so simple and attractive as to induce both old and 

 young to engage in it for pleasure and profit. All intelligent 

 persons should have at least an elementary knowledge of physics 

 to enable them to understand and appreciate what is going on in 

 the world. This can be acquired by reading "Experimental Science." As a gift from em- 

 ployer to employee, from parent to child, from student to teacher, nothing could be more 

 appropriate or acceptable. It is the most thoroughly illustrated work ever published on 

 Experimental Physics, and its unprecedented sale shows conclusively that it is the book of 

 the age for teachers, students, experimenters, and all others who desire a general knowledge 

 of Physics or Natural Philosophy. Illustrated and descriptive circular on application. 



The Scientific American Boy 



By A. RUSSELL BOND 



i2mo. 320 Pages. J40 Illustrations. Price, $2.00, Postpaid. 

 \^*» 'HIS is a story of outdoor boy life, suggesting a large 

 # '' J number of diversions which, aside from affording enter- 

 ^^ iV tainment, will stimulate in boys the creative spirit. In 

 each instance complete practical instructions are given for build- 

 ing the various articles. The needs of the boy camper are sup- 

 plied by the directions for making tramping outfits, sleeping-bags 

 and tents, also such other shelters as tree houses, straw huts, log 

 cabins and caves. The winter diversions include instructions for 

 making six kinds of skate sails and eight kinds of snow-shoes 

 and skis, besides ice-boats, scooters, sledges, toboggans and a pe- 

 culiar Swedish contrivance called a "rennwolf." Among the more 

 instructive subjects covered are surveying, wigwagging, helio- 

 graphing and bridge-building, in which six different kinds of 

 bridges, including a simple cantilever bridge, are described. 



The Scientific American Cyclopedia of 

 Receipts, Notes and Queries 



In Three Bindings. Price, Cloth, $5; Sheep, $6; Half Morocco, 



$6.30, Postpaid. 

 ^j^^^^HIS is a careful compilation of the most useful receipts 

 • ^j which have appeared in the Scientific American for more 

 ^^^/ than half a century. Over 15,000 selected formulas are here 

 collected, nearly every branch of the useful arts being represented. 

 It is the most complete volume on the subject of receipts ever pub- 

 lished. It has been used by chemists, technologists and those un- 

 familiar with the arts with equal success, and has demonstrated that 

 it is a book which is useful in the laboratory, factory or home. An al- 

 phabetical arrangement, with abundant cross-references, makes it an 

 easy work to consult. The Appendix contains the very latest formulas 

 as well as 41 tables of weights and measures and a dictionary of chem- 

 •cal synonyms. A full table of contents will be sent on application. 



Home Mechanics for Amateurs 



By GEORGE M. HOPKINS, Author of "Experimental Science" 



i2mo, syo Pages. 320 Illustrations. Price. $1.30. Postpaid. 

 \^^^ HE book deals with wood-working, household ornaments, metal- 

 £ ^J working, lathe work, metal spinni'.ig, silver working : making 

 ^T_r^ model engines, boilers and water motors ; making telescopes, micro- 

 scopes and meteorological instruments, electrical chimes, cabinets, bells, 

 night lights, dynamos and motors, electric light, and an electrical fur- 

 nace. A thoroughly practical book by the most noted amateur experi- 

 menter in America. For the boy and the more mature amateur. Holi- 

 days and evenings can be profitably occupied by making useful articles 

 for the home or in building small engines or motors or scientific in- 

 struments. Table of contents furnished on application. 



MUNN & CO. Inc., Publishers, 361 BROADWAY, NEW YORK 





