XVI 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



October, 1910 



Indian Insect Life. By H. Maxwell-Le- 

 froy, M.A., F.E.S., F.Z.S., assisted by 

 F. M. Hewlett, B.A., F.E.S. Calcutta 

 and Simla : Thacker, Spink & Co. Lon- 

 don: W. Thacker & Co., 1909. 4to; 

 786 pp. 



This is a manual of the insects of the 

 plains of tropical India. It is beautifully 

 illustrated, and is a rather remarkable pro- 

 duction to be printed in Calcutta. The sub- 

 ject is rather a special one, and we do not 

 feel competent to pass an opinion on it. 

 The work seems to be a thoroughly scien- 

 tific one, and the plates are certainly very 

 creditable. They are numerous and well 

 executed. 



Practical House Framing. By Albert 

 Fair. New York: Industrial Book 

 Company, 1909. 108 pp.; 98 illustra- 

 tions; i2mo. Price, 50 cents. 

 The series of articles on house framing 

 was recently published in The Practical 

 Carpenter. Mr. Fair, the author of these 

 articles, has prepared them in the form of 

 a practical text book for beginners and a 

 reliable guide for journeymen. It takes up 

 the subject of braced frame construction, 

 containing many useful hints and sugges- 

 tions on these forms of house framing. 



Home Decoration, 1909. Philadelphia, 

 Pa. : The Penn Publishing Company, 

 By Dorothy Tuke Priestman. Cloth; 

 illustrated; $1 net. 



A wave of artistic appreciation is trans- 

 forming American life, and the home- 

 maker even of very modest means is ex- 

 pected to-day to know what is beautiful in 

 color, form and texture, and how to buy 

 and when to buy. This is a book that tells 

 what is really simply good taste, why it is, 

 and how to get it. It deals fully and prac- 

 tically with the treatment of walls, furni- 

 ture, floor covering, hangings, ornaments 

 and pictures. It gives color schemes, tells 

 how to arrange doors and windows, how to 

 make the most of small space, how to do 

 stenciling, how to make rugs, and many 

 other useful suggestions. This book will 

 be of interest to anyone who takes a pride 

 in making a healthful, beautiful and well- 

 organized home. 



Oberammergau and the Passion Play. 

 By Rev. E. Hermitage Day, D.D., 

 F.S.A. Milwaukee: The Young 

 Churchman Company, 1910. 24mo. ; 

 96 pp. Price, 70 cents postpaid. 

 This is a practical and historical hand- 

 book for visitors, and deals with the story 

 of the Passion Play, the spirit of the 

 Passion Play, the approach to Oberammer- 

 gau, the village of Oberammergau, the 

 structure of the Passion Play and synopsis 

 of the Play, the origin of religious drama, 

 notes on music, books on the Passion Play, 

 dates of the Passion Play, and cast of the 

 Passion Play. It is a very complete little 

 book, just right to slip in the pocket. It 

 should be in the hands of all those who arc 

 thinking of visiting this great play. 



The New Building Estimater. By Will- 

 iam Arthur. New York : The David 

 Williams Company, 1910. 16mo. ; 477 

 pp. Price, $2.50. 

 This is a practical guide to estimating 

 the cost of labor and materials in building 

 construction from excavation to finish, with 

 various practical examples of work pre- 



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sented in detail and with labor figured gen- 

 erally in hours and quantities. It is a hand- 

 book for architects, builders, contractors, 

 appraisers, superintendents, and draftsmen. 

 This book, which is now in its third edition, 

 has stood the test of time admirably. It 

 gives the approximate price and the various 

 methods of computing the cost of building 

 materials of all kinds. The compilation of 

 a book of this nature is particularly difficult, 

 and the author is to be congratulated on 

 such a creditable production. The only 

 criticism that could be made on it is, that 

 the somber binding is accentuated by a 

 funeral brown edge, which is not at all 

 handsome, although it undoubtedly prevents 

 the edges from looking dirty after use. 



Estimating Frame and Brick Houses, 

 Barns, Stables, and Out-Buildings. 

 By Fred. T. Hodgson. New York : 

 David Williams Company, 1910. 

 16mo.;252pp. Price, $1. 



This useful little work contains a detail 

 estimate of a $5,000 house and additions ; 

 each room is taken up by itself, instructions 

 are also given as to estimating by cubing, 

 by the square of iloors or walls, and by the 

 process of comparison, with hints and prac- 

 tical suggestions for taking measurements 

 and making tenders for work. The present 

 volume is the eighth edition, which is an 

 excellent guarantee of the reception which 

 the book has received. 



The Ship-Dwellers. By Albert Bigelow 

 Paine. New York : Harper & Broth- 

 ers, 1910. 12mo. ; 394 pp. Price, 

 $1.50 net. 

 The account of a Mediterranean voyage 

 touching many countries, and full of de- 

 scriptive color, but relying most for its 

 excellence upon the many-sidedness of its 

 author's alert and sensitive mind, and upon 

 his unfailing humor. By way of beginning, 

 Mr. Paine describes the influence exerted 

 upon his boyish imagination by Mark 

 Twain's "Innocents Abroad," and how his 

 mind dwelt especially on that illustration in 

 the book which showed the outward-bound 

 'Tnnocents" on the deck of the "Quaker 

 City." When he grew up, and knew that 

 such voyages were really possible, he pre- 

 pared for a pilgrimage to Mediterranean 

 lands. 



Elementary Course in Perspective. By 

 Sherman M. Turrill, C. E. New 

 York : D. Van Nostrand Company, 

 1910. 12mo.;71pp. Price, $1.25 net. 

 The author has endeavored to illustrate 

 the mechanical application of principles of 

 descriptive geometry to the making of a 

 perspective drawing. Two methods are 

 used ; first, the method by use of the plan, 

 where the orthographic projections of rays 

 are used, and the method by scale. It is 

 assumed that the student is more or less 

 famihar with descriptive geometry. The 

 subjects taken have been selected with a 

 view toward illustrating important prin- 

 ciples and for their general interest. There 

 are sixteen illustrations and folding plates. 



Hicks' Builders' Guide. For Carpenters, 



Contractors, and Builders. Revised 



and enlarged by I. P. Hicks. New 



York : David Williams Company, 



1910. 12mo. ; 166 pp. Price, $1. 



This valuable book comprises a practical 



system of estimating material and labor. 



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guides, of which so many are being issued 



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