XVI 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



August, 1 910 



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The Health 



of the Outdoor Woman 



is proverbial. With health comes strength — and both go far to 

 make a successful life. Thousands of American women know that 



has brought them the priceless boon of health. To poorly nour- 

 ished and anaemic women it is of inestimable value. 



Declared by U. S. Revenue Department A Pure Malt Product and 

 NOT an alcoholic beverage. Sold by druggists and grocers. 



Anheuser-Busch 



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^ When conveni- 

 ence is our first 

 thought, the imita- 

 tion candle makes 

 the use of many an 

 old lighting instru- 

 ment possible, re- 

 taining the beautiful 

 clear cut shades 

 and globes as used 

 on the old lamps 

 for the protection 

 of the flame. 



THE ENOS COMPANY 



Makers of Lighting Fixtures 



Office and Factory : SEVENTH AVE. and SIXTEENTH STREET 



Salesrooms: lb WEST THIRTY-SEVEN! H STREET, New York 



Baltimore: 519 North Cliarlcs St. 



San Erancisco: H4 Sutter Street 



Toronto: 94 Kin? Street, est 



Pittsburjh: The Norton Company, Century Buildinf 



Chicago: The A. Neilson Company. 159 Michigan Avenue 



Spol<anc: Cutter* Plummet. Inc. ■>tMif\uum. 



Boston: H. F. Estabrook, Inc.. 9 Park Street 



Portland: J. C. English Co.. 128 Park Street 



Birmingham: R. Knight <t Company 



Los Angeles: Biooks Decorating Co.. 696 S. Alvarado St. 



JUST PUBLISHED 



Bungalows, Camps & 

 Mountain Houses 



Consisting of a large variety of designs by a 

 number of architects, sho^ving buildings that 

 have been erected in all parts of the country. 



Many of tbese are intended for summer use, 

 ^vbile other examples are of structures erected in 

 California and the Southern States for perma- 

 nent residences. Also Camps, Hunters" Lodges, 

 Log Cabins, etc. The book contains 



Seventy Oe^arate Designs 



of v/hich several are Log Cabins and Camps 

 78 Exterior V le-ws, 12 Interior Vie-ws 



and 69 Floor Plans 

 In the text is given an article on "The Bungalo-w," 

 ■with hints on selection of site, sanitation, lay- 

 out and construction, together -with a very com- 

 plete description of each design, •with cost •where 

 it could be obtained. The -work is intended to 

 meet the needs of a large class of people -who are 

 planning summer homes at lo-w and moderate cost, 

 for erection in the Woods, Mountains, and on 

 Lake and Seashore. Size 8x9)4 inches, bound in 

 illustrated boards. Price, $2.00 postpaid. 



MUNN & CO rjnc.. Publishers 



361 Broadway, New^ York 



BOOK REVIEWS (Continued) 



Simplified Mechanical Perspective. By 

 Frank Forrest Frederick. Peoria, 

 111. : The Manual Arts Press, 1908- 

 1909. 8vo. ; 54 pp. Price, 75 cents. 

 This is a treatise for the use of high 

 schools, technical and manual training high 

 schools, evening and industrial schools, and 

 all schools. The author has used the 

 methods outlined for more than twenty 

 years, and he states that he has never had 

 a student learn much about the subject un- 

 less he carefully worked each problem and 

 thoroughly understood it before attempting 

 the next. The problems are admirable, and 

 a thorough mastering of this work will give 

 anyone an excellent idea of perspective. 



Dockham's American Report and Direc- 

 tory OF the Textile Manufacture 

 and Dry Goods Trade. Boston : Dock- 

 ham Publishing Company, 1909. 

 Quarto; 642 pp. Price, $6. 

 This is the twenty-second edition of the 

 forty-third year of this most valuable publi- 

 cation. There is no subject more difficult 

 to deal with than the question of textile 

 manufacture, and this is the only book 

 which will solve many of the difficulties. 

 It has many excellent points, such as sta- 

 tistics on the looms in the United States, 

 the number of cotton spindles, sets of wool 

 cards, worsted combs, etc. There is also a 

 list of textile manufacturers arranged al- 

 phabetically by States, including Canada 

 ^nd Mexico also. There are separate lists 

 for bleacheries, cotton dealers, cotton goods 

 manufacturers, wholesale dry goods, dry- 

 ers, finishers and mercerizers, exporters, 

 importers, print works, wool dealers, wool- 

 hat manufacturers, and yarn dealers. 



Light. By Richard C. Maclaurin, Presi- 

 dent of the Massachusetts Institute of 

 Technology. New York : Published by 

 the Columbia University Press, 1909. 

 Price, $1.50. 

 During the winter of 1908-9 Dr. Mac- 

 laurin delivered a series of ten lectures be- 

 fore the American Museum of Natural His- 

 tory, on the salient features of the modern 

 theory of light. Written primarily for the 

 intelligent man who lays no claim to scien- 

 tific knowledge, but wishes to keep abreast 

 of the scientific times, this book serves ad- 

 mirably to show how wonderfully the mod- 

 ern theories suit the facts down to the mi- 

 nutest numerical detail. The subjects 

 treated are the following : Early Contribu- 

 tions to Optical Theory, Color Vision and 

 Color Photography, Dispersion and Ab- 

 sorption, Spectroscopy, Polarization, The 

 Laws of Reflection and Refraction. The 

 Principle of Interference, Crystals, Diffrac- 

 tion, and Light and Electricity. 



The Story of Dutch Painting. By 

 Charles H. Claffin. New York: The 

 Century Company, 1909. Square 8vo. ; 

 pp. 220. Price, $1.20 net. 

 The tale of how the Dutchman of the 

 seventeenth century developed a new school 

 of painting is a part of the story of the 

 lives and fortunes of the Dutch people; 

 and to know something of the latter helps 

 to appreciation of what these Dutch paint- 

 ters tried to do, and how they succeeded. 

 Mr. Cafiin tells what the principal Dutch 

 artists accomplished in portraiture, in 

 landscape, and in the representation of the 

 indoor and outdoor life of the people, why 

 they chose these subjects, and why they 

 treated them as they did. The result is a 

 complete and readable handbook of Dutch 

 art, equally appealing to wide-awake young 

 people and to adult students of art. The 

 reproductions of notable Dutch paintings 

 add to the volume's value and interest. 



