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ArT AND’ Economy IN Home DECORATION. 
By Mabel Tuke Priestman. 1908. 
(New York: John Lane Co.) 16mo, . 
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The readers of American Homes and Gar- 
dens need no introduction to Mrs. Priestman, 
who has been a steady contributor to this 
magazine. She has produced an admirable 
volume which is worthy of a large sale. Mrs. 
Priestman has endeavored in this volume to 
assist her readers to solve some of the various 
problems of house furnishing, and to induce 
the home-maker to think for herself as to 
what is to be avoided and what to be made use 
of. It is really a difficult task to furnish a 
house properly; it requires serious thought 
and a knowledge of color and harmony, and 
a certain refinement and simplicity of taste 
which are not always easy to acquire; and, 
therefore, it is well worth while to go to a 
little trouble to learn the best way of doing 
this. In her twelve years’ experience as an 
interior decorator, the author has come across 
problems in house furnishing of almost every 
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HoMES AND GARDENS. ‘The chapter headings 
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Color Scheme,” ‘How to Treat Walls Success- 
fully,” “Concerning Halls,” “A Few Points to 
Remember When Buying Rugs and Carpets,” 
“Characteristics of Oriental Rugs,” “Home- 
made Rugs,” “Furniture,” “The Right Use 
of Ornament on Furniture,’ “Casement 
Windows and Their Treatment,” ‘‘Fire- 
places.” “What to Use for Portieres and 
Curtains in Country Houses,” ‘Shelving, 
Pictures and Bric-a-Brac,” ‘Lamps and Can- 
dle Shades,” ‘‘Needlework in the Hands of 
the Craftsman,” “Finishing Touches,” “Or- 
namenting Fabrics by means of Stenciling 
and Block Printing,” ‘Arranging Flowers 
Artistically,” “What to Avoid in the Home,” 
“Cottages on Sea or Lake,” “Decoration of 
the Modern Suburban House,” “Some Inter- 
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Cosmos CoLLEcTION. Consisting of duotone 
and hand-colored reproductions of the 
most famous paintings from all the 
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traits of people of permanent fame, their 
homes and associated historic scenes; and 
popular subjects. Each picture graphically 
described. Editor-in-chief, George Hall 
Baker, M.A.; art editors, Harry W. 
Watrous and Will H. Low. Complete in 
ten volumes. Vol. I. New York: The 
Cosmo Studio. 1908. 
So far as we can discern this undertaking is 
an effort to put to some practical use the 
original halftone plates of the Cosmos pictures. 
which had a brief vogue a few years ago. Any 
such effort ought to meet with encouragement, 
for the pictures are fine and well-nigh perfect 
specimens of photo-engraving. Whether the 
present collection represents the best use to 
which the pictures can be put seems to us 
doubtful. Reproductions of sculpture and paint- 
ing are thrown together in haphazard fashion. 
No attempt whatever is made to arrange paint- 
ings in schools. ‘Thus we find the very ordi- 
nary Plockhorst between Philippe de Cham- 
paigne’s triple portrait of Cardinal Richelieu - 
