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complete practical instructions are given for building the various 
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Books on handicraft of any kind are apt to 
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A GUIDE To THE Country Home. By 
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The Outing Publishing Co. Pp. 156. 
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being intended chiefly for the owner of a small 
farm. It appeals, therefore, not so much to 
the suburban house-owner as to the small 
farmer, with special reference to the amateur 
too, going out into the country, sseeks to grow 
up with it and make it grow at the same time. 
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farm life in detail, after some helpful intro- 
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into his pages. “The information given is both 
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and aided by a careful study of this volume. 
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Moprern Homes. Selected Examples of 
Dwelling Houses, Described and Illustrated 
by T. Raffles Davison. 8vo. Pp. 248. 
London, 1909: Gorge Bell & Sons. New 
York: The Macmillan Company. Price, 
$5.25 net. 
No one can have seen more modern homes 
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better than he how to choose and present them 
to us. His architectural knowledget insures 
than the architecture is represented in such a 
manner as to satisfy the architect, while the 
artist in him insures that this shall not be 
emphasized at the expense of the general 
effect of his drawings. Here we have 
selected, by one who knows, some of the best 
and most representative modern homes. Views 
of exteriors and interiors, staircases, chimney- 
corners, halls and furniture are given, often 
accompanied by plans just sufficient to place 
them in their surroundings, and very often a 
sketch or two in the garden and sometimes a. 
photograph. Drawings are accompanied by 
just enough letterpress to draw attention to 
the strong points of each design with entire 
absence of any wearisome technical detail 
which would be out of place in such a book. 
The book is beautifully illustrated and one 
which we can commend to all architects. 
