HOUSE AND GARDEN 
April, 
1912 
93 
GOOD BOOKS TO HAVE 
ARCHITECTURAL STYLES 
FOR COUNTRY HOUSES 
Fully illustrated. Price $2.00 net, postage 20 cents. 
A symposium by prominent architects, each of whom 
demonstrates the advantages of'one of the prevailing 
distinctive types of present-day houses. An indis¬ 
pensable book for the prospective builder who has not 
yet decided on a style for his house. There is a dis¬ 
cussion of each of the following styles: Half-Timber, 
Concrete and Stucco, Colonial, Dutch Colonial, Eng¬ 
lish Plaster, Swiss Chalet, Tudor, Spanish Mission, 
Chicago School of Architecture, and Farmhouse Type. 
A perusal of this beautiful volume will show you just 
what is available in house building designs. 
INEXPENSIVE HOMES OF 
INDIVIDUALITY 
Revised and Enlarged. 
Price 75 cents, postage 8 cents. 
The prospective builder can find no more adequate 
or inspiring assistant in determining the style, con¬ 
struction and decoration of his home than this book. 
The first edition of 10,000 copies was exhausted within 
a short time after its publication. There are over 125 
illustrations and plans of houses that have actually 
been built. It is brimful of suggestions for the new 
house. 
THE GARDEN PRIMER 
By Grace Tabor 
Second Edition. Illustrated. Price $1.00 net, postage 
10 eents. 
The Garden Primer, as its title indicates, is a hand¬ 
book of practical gardening information for the be¬ 
ginner. covering every branch of the subject from pre¬ 
paring the soil to the gathering of the fruit and flowers. 
In it is set forth, without any confusing technicalities, 
just the information that will enable the amateur to 
grasp quickly the essentials of garden-making. The 
author, in perparing this book, has drawn from her 
long experience, and in writing it assumes on the part 
of the reader no knowledge of the subject, in order 
that it may be of the greatest value to the beginner. 
CONCRETE AND STUCCO 
HOUSES 
By Oswald C. Hering. 
Illustrated. Price $2.00 net, postage 20 eents. 
The whole fascinating subject of building the fire¬ 
proof or fire-resisting house is here set forth in a man¬ 
ner that is entertaining as well as informative. A man 
who proposes building for himself any kind of a home 
can make no greater mistake than in failing to inform 
himself at the outset regarding the materials and meth¬ 
ods that experience and modern scientific investigation 
have proved most trustworthy. In this book the lay¬ 
man may learn of these matters from an architect of 
wide e.xperience and facility in making the subject un¬ 
derstandable. 
MY THREE GREAT 
FLIGHTS 
By Andre Beaumont 
The experiences of the winner of the three greatest aerial races in the history 
of aviation, written by the intrepid French bird-man, Andre Beaumont. He 
tells of his early stretching of wings, and describes in detail the sensations he 
felt and the dangers he encountered in the Paris-Rome, Circuit of Europe, and 
Circuit of Britain aerial races. An up-to-the-minute human document. 
Illustrated. Price $2.50 net, postage 20 cents 
THE HOUSE & GARDEN 
MAKING BOOKS 
Here is a brand new idea in practical books for the house owner 
on every feature in the making of a house and garden. The books 
are written by experts in each subject, they are beautifully printed, 
and illustrated, and are of a convenient size. The low cost of the 
books is remarkable in view of their value. 
Making a Rose Garden. Making a Lawn. Making a Tennis Court. Making 
a Garden to Bloom this Year. Making the Grounds Attractive with Shrub¬ 
bery. Making Paths and Driveivays. Making a Poultry House. Making a 
Rock Garden. 
Illustrated. Price 
50 cents, postage 
5 cents 
illustrated. Price 
$2.00 net. postage 
20 cents. 
THE HALF-TIMBER HOUSE 
By Allen W. Jackson 
Those to whom the English half-timber style appeals as the ideal 
of a home want to know all the details regarding that style—a guide 
to prevent their making any mistakes of style or construction. Here 
is the book written just for those people, illustrated with magnifi¬ 
cent photographs showing old half-timber work and some of the 
most successful American adaptations. 
WINDMILLS AND WOODEN SHOES 
By Blair Jaekel, F.R.G.S. 
Holland—graphically depicted, with realism, forcefulness, and 
humor. To read this latest addition to The Blue Books of 
Travel is to know the country as well as to know about it. The 
author pictures the land and the people—they are motion pictures, 
full of color. The creak of the long-armed windmills and the clat¬ 
ter of the wooden shoes over block pavements sound through its 
pages. The little country below the sea has never before been so 
adequately and interestingly presented. 
WINDMILLS 
WOODEN SHOES 
M v’ 
Illusirated. Price 
$1.10 net, postage 
10 cents 
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McBRIDE, NAST ^ CO., Publishers, Union Square, New York 
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