May, 1908 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



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and the exteriors made to fit them," deserves 

 more than fleeting mention. In this collection 

 there are twenty-three sheets, each one having 

 an elevation of a house of type distinct from 

 the others, floor plans and a short description 

 of the spirit and salient features of the style 

 and interior arrangements set forth. 



The Graphic Arts and Crafts Year 

 Book, 1908. The American Annual Re- 

 view of the Engraving, Printing and 

 Allied Industries. Joseph Meador, 

 Editor. Octavo, leather bound, 385 

 pages. Hamilton, Ohio : The Republican 

 Publishing Co. Price, $5.00. 



It is human nature to have more or less 

 contempt for the things that are most familiar 

 to us. For that reason we are apt to have no 

 very high regard for printing as an art. The 

 "art of printing" means to most of us the 

 method by means of which the morning news- 

 paper is made possible ; a way of spreading in- 

 formation, not a medium for the permanent 

 embodying of ideals of workmanship. 



The various methods of color reproduction 

 also seem to us shoddy and flashy. The term 

 lithograph, or "cheap lithograph" is one of 

 the highest reproach when applied to a 

 painting. 



When, however, printing and the allied arts 

 cease to merely bring to our notice facts or 

 fancies that have no real importance or per- 

 manence, and become the vehicle for stamping 

 upon the history of the race the effect of man's 

 striving for perfection in his chosen craft, an- 

 other aspect is put upon the case. It is print- 

 ing in this aspect that the "Graphic Arts and 

 Crafts Year Book, 1908" portrays. 



Illustrated expositions of the various meth- 

 ods and processes used in printing and in color 

 work are fully given, but it is not in the mere 

 mechanical procedure that the charm of the 

 work lies. The most attractive portion is 

 the section devoted to the evolution of wood 

 engraving where one may find reproductions of 

 the work of Albrecht Diirer, Lucas Van Ley- 

 den, Marcantonio Raimondi, and others of 

 equal note. These reproductions, while often 

 rather crude in conception, are full of a virile 

 strength that is not to be found in the present 

 day work. 



French Furniture. By Andre Saglio. 

 London : Imported by Charles Scribner's 

 Son, New York. Pp. 11 + 193. Price, 

 $2.50 net. 



Mr. Saglio's careful volume on French 

 furniture is a welcome addition to Newnes' 

 Library of the Applied Arts. It traces the 

 study of this important subject from its begin- 

 nings, but is fullest in its treatment of the fur- 

 niture of the seventeenth and eighteenth cen- 

 turies. Unlike most books on furniture, this 

 is a thoroughly readable account of the most 

 interesting phases of furniture making. Like 

 the other volumes of the series it is beautifully 

 illustrated, and the student and collector who 

 wishes some accurate information on this im- 

 portant subject will find it in this volume and 

 served up in a charming manner. 



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