XXIV AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS September, 1909 
soil as the author advises or not. Mr. Hall 
offers some good advice, but nowhere is he 
more practical than when he says: “It 
won’t be enough simply to read this book; 
that won’t make you a gardener; but 
| | if you study it while you are working on 
the land, and use your judgment and com- 
mon sense, in one season you will be able to 
teach most of those whom you now have to 
hire as expert gardeners at three dollars a 
day.” Perhaps not quite that; but the book 
is one obviously to be studied in connection 
with practical work, and this done, its high- 
est value will be obtained. 
ORIENTAL Rucs. By Arthur Urbane Dil- 
ley. Boston: A. U. Dilley & Co., Inc. 
Pp. 80. Price, 50 cents. 
This is an admirable handbook of a very 
difficult subject. The author’s main pur- 
pose is to help the lovers of good rugs to 
select them discriminately. This he does 
in a very brief and direct way, and has pro- 
duced a model monograph which should be 
consulted by every one who has a real inter- 
est in rugs. Mr. Dilley’s advice is of the 
most practical kind, and is well intended to 
safeguard the purchaser of rugs against 
fraud and misrepresentation. The book 
contains numerous photographic illustra- 
tions of rugs, which are amply described, 
and forms a most convenient and helpful 
handbook. 
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A History oF ARCHITECTURAL DEvVELOP- 
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This new history of architecture, of which 
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