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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



March, 1908 



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THESE books offer to architects, builders, 

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A series of twenty-five designs of cottages, 

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The Gardens of England in the South- 

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 by Charles Holme. Quarto, paper 

 bound. Illustrated. New York: 1907. 

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It is seldom that one has the opportunity to 

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 "The Gardens of England," edited by Charles 

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American Birds Studied and Photo- 

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The House Beautiful and Useful. By 

 J. H. Elder-Duncan. New York: John 

 Lane Co. Pp. 224. Price, $3.50. 



This very beautiful, interesting and sugges- 

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 purpose of explaining the necessary relation- 

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 the author rightly points out, there have been 

 many books on household decoration, but not 

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