December, 19 lo 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



XI 



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Mosquito or Man; the CoNguiiST of the 

 Tropical World. By Sir Rupert W. 

 Boyce, M.B., F.R.S. New York: E. 

 P. Button & Co., 1909. 8vo. ; 267 pp. 

 Price, $3.50 net. 



The author has purposely selected the 

 title "Mosquito or Man" in his endeavor to 

 epitomize in one the tropical-medical move- 

 ment which is now spreading all over the 

 civilized world. Large numbers of well- 

 equipped medical men have been sent to 

 the tropics. Vast mines of literature deal- 

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 educated to understand that it is not im- 

 possible to make the tropics healthy. The 

 author shows that the three great diseases 

 of the tropics which were the greatest ene- 

 mies that mankind has ever had to contend 

 with, namely, malaria, yellow fever, and 

 the sleeping sickness, are now fully in 

 hand. The tropical world is unfolding once 

 more to those who do not now dread the 

 unseen hand of death as did the men of 

 old. The book is admirably printed and is 

 beautifully illustrated. 



Modern Cabinet Work, Furniture and 

 Fitments. By Percy A. Wells and 

 John Hooper. London : B. T. Bats- 

 ford. New York: John Lane Com- 

 pany, 1910. 4to.; 384 pp. Price, $5 

 net, postage 50 cents. 



This is an account of the theory and prac- 

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 work and furniture, with chapters on the 

 growth and progress of design and con- 

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 practical workshop drawings, photographs, 

 and original designs. The book is particu- 

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 satisfactory size. There are many half- 

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 in cabinet making, which is a most interest- 

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 is a chronological chart giving names, 

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 proportions of chairs and seats in various 

 styles. The whole book bears the impress 

 of careful work, and there is little question 

 but that it will have a considerable sale in 

 this country among amateurs. There is also 

 an excellent glossary. 



Glimpses Around the World Through 

 the Eyes of a Young American. By 

 Grace Maxine Stein. Philadelphia : 

 The John C. Winston Company, 1909. 

 Illustrated. 8vo. ; 481 pp. Price, $2. 



Of books of travel there seems to be no 

 end, and every book seems to have more or 

 less of a field of its own. The volume be- 

 fore us is very readable and profusely illus- 

 trated with engravings, the originals of 

 which seem to have been selected with 

 rather more than the usual care. The book 

 is printed in large type on good paper and is 

 worthy of an excellent sale. 



Residence of J . B. ffinfC, Mechanicihurg, 0. 



E. E. Hulman, Architect, Philadelphia. Pa. 

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