November, 1907 A M E R I 



CAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



ix 



Country Homes and Gardens of Mod- 

 erate Cost. Edited by Charles Francis 

 Osborne. Philadelphia: The John C. 

 Winston Company. 1907. Pp. 120. 

 Not all the houses illustrated in this book, 

 and there are two hundred pictures within the 

 handsome green covers, can be designated as 

 "moderate" in cost; but some of them come 

 well under this head, and the seeker after 

 moderate cost houses will find much of interest 

 and value in its pages. The houses reproduced 

 are, on the whole, of an unusually interesting 

 character, many of them being representative 

 examples of the best work of some of our most 

 thoughtful and skilful architects. The text 

 is especially valuable, some of the more im- 

 portant contents being an admirable discussion 

 on choosing a site for the house, by the editor. 

 President Frank Miles Day, of the American 

 Institute of Architects, offers some helpful ad- 

 vice on choosing a style for the house. William 

 T. Price makes a plea for choosing simple 

 materials for the house. Fireproofing is dis- 

 cussed by Emile G. Perrot ; the interior finish 

 and furnishing is described by Margaret 

 Greenleaf; W. C. Egan tells about planting 

 about the house; John W. Hall writes on 

 small gardens; W. P. R. Pember tells the 

 reader what six thousand dollars will do ; and 

 Leila Mechlin presents some hints on wall 

 decoration. In addition to these chapters there 

 is a sufficiently descriptive text on the houses 

 illustrated, but it is obviously a book to be 

 read — and with profit — as well as to be en- 

 joyed for its pictures. 



Country Cottages and Week - End 

 Homes. By J. H. Elder-Duncan. New 

 York: John Lane Company. 1907. Pp. 

 224. Price, $3.50, net. 

 This is an admirable book on one of the 

 most important and pressing of contemporary 

 architectural problems. How to build an at- 

 tractive seeming house, that is, well built and 

 good in itself, as well as good to look at, is a 

 problem that has failed of general solution in 

 America. In England conditions appear to be 

 distinctly different, and this handsome and ex- 

 cellent book is fine evidence of the very su- 

 perior work in this phase of housebuilding that 

 is being done to-day in that country. As in all 

 recent publications on dwellings, the houses 

 illustrated vary considerably in cost, but the 

 book treats, in a progressive manner, of houses 

 costing from $1000 to comparatively pre- 

 tentious mansions costing as much as $17,500. 

 Unlike most other publications, however, the 

 examples of houses costing from $1000 to 

 $2000 are quite numerous, and those who are 

 seeking models for low cost houses can not do 

 better than consult Mr. Elder-Duncan's at- 

 tractive pages. 



And the singular thing is that the low 

 cost houses are exactly as attractive in aspect 

 as the higher cost ones. This is an astonish- 

 ing reversal of the ordinary American rule, 

 for in this country houses of very low cost 

 rarely merit even a cursory examination. Here, 

 however, is cottage after cottage, each pos- 

 sessed of most distinctive charm, and scarce 

 one of which does not merit the warmest 

 praise as a work of art. 



To design a small house in an attractive 

 way requires as much thoughtful effort and 

 artistic instinct as more pretentious work. 

 These English cottages show what can be 

 done when the problem is attacked in the 



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