Books in Review 
trol systems and horticulture; another 
covers the making of the enclosures; and 
yet other sections describe various types 
of glass buildings. Consequently, the 
relationships between people who fig- 
ured prominently in the unfolding glass 
drama are difficult to grasp and the 
cross-fertilization of ideas is difficult to 
follow. In reading the book, one recalls 
other works on building, such as The 
Great Bridge , about the construction of 
the Brooklyn Bridge. That work, al- 
though deliberately aimed at a lay audi- 
ence, also manages to engage the in- 
formed reader. Hix’s work does not. 
There are various subthemes, almost 
asides, which might have made his ef- 
fort more compelling had they been 
developed. Readers learn that at one 
time the purchase of glass was taxed, 
and that when the tax was rescinded, 
glass became much cheaper and, so, 
more popular. Well, this reader would 
have liked to know more about this and 
other aspects of the context in which 
glass buildings evolved. We are told that 
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