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SUMPTUOUS AND FASCINATING BOOKS OF TRAVEL 
As It Is In England 
By ALBERT B. OSBORNE 
Author of “Picture Towns of Europe,” “Finding the 
Worth-While in Europe,” etc. 
The strands of present-day and medieval England 
woven together in one charming pattern. A 
book that presents a descriptive and interpretative 
study of the country such as has never before been 
written. To the largest cities the author has given 
little attention, presenting instead that which stands for 
the traveler’s England—the countryside with its hedge¬ 
rows, its thatched cottages, its rivers and lakes, its 
abbeys and cathedrals, its quaint inns, and always its 
people. Illustrated. Boxed. $3.00 net; postage 15 
cents. 
Syria, the Land of Lebanon London — An Intimate Picture 
By LEWIS GASTON LEARY 
Author of “The Real Palestine of To-Day,” “The 
Christmas City,” etc. 
A land of contrasts, with a history full of thrilling and 
picturesque events, Syria offers a most fascinating field 
for the travel writer. When so experienced an author 
as Dr. Leary turns his attention to its portrayal, the 
result is a book of extraordinary interest and value. 
He pictures it and its people as they are to-day. He 
shows ruins of the cities of yesterday — peopled by long- 
gone civilizations. The book is entertainingly written 
and beautifully made. Illustrated. Boxed. $3.00 net; 
postage 15 cents. 
By HENRY JAMES FORMAN 
Author of “The Ideal Italian Tour,” etc. 
It has been said that men admire Paris, but they love 
London. There is a quality — a personality—in the 
clean thoroughfares, the old landmarks, the orderliness, 
even in the yellow fog, that stands alone among the great 
cities of the world. Mr. Forman, a well-known American 
writer who has lived in London for several years, is 
peculiarly well fitted to transmit this elusive personality 
into the printed word, and the sumptuous format of this 
gift edition is in keeping with the charm of the text. 
Illustrated. Boxed. $2.50 net; postage 16 cents. 
Personality of American Cities 
By EDWARD HUNGERFORD 
Author of “The Modern Railroad,” “Little Corky,” 
“ Gertrude,” etc. 
Those to whom it has occured that a city is something 
more than a mere collection of streets and stores and 
houses, will delight in Mr. Hungerford’s characteriza¬ 
tions. A partial list of the cities discussed is Boston, 
New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Richmond, 
Charleston, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Rochester, BufFalo, Cleveland, 
Chicago, St. Louis, New Orleans, Minneapolis, St. Paul, 
San Antonio, Denver, Seattle, Tacoma, Portland, San Francisco, 
Montreal and Quebec. To read this book is to realize that 
American cities have their separate distinctions and charms 
no less than those of the old world. 
Illustrated with photographs. $2.00 net; postage 16 cents • 
The Christmas City 
By LEWIS GASTON LEARY 
Bethlehem, the city of the Nativity, is here made to 
live as the background of the sweetest story in the 
history of Man. It is a beautiful and reverent book, 
and its binding, typography and illustrations are thorough¬ 
ly in accord with its character as a Christmas Gift. 
Colored frontispiece and illustrations in half-tone, 
net; postage 12 cents. 
$1.25 
Along France’s River of 
Romance — the Loire 
By DOUGLAS GOLDRING 
The Loire runs through the heart of France. From 
Le Puy, with its curious formations, Orleans, with memories 
of Jeanne D’Arc, Angers, home of the Plantagenets, and 
the wonderful chateau country — from its source to its mouth 
it speaks romance. And the author translates for us the present 
as well as the past. 
Illustrated in color and half-tone. 
$2.75 net; postage 25 cents. 
Along Spain’s River of Romance 
— the Guadalquivir 
By PAUL GWYNNE 
The author of this book follows the Guadalquivir 
from its source to its mouth, journeying close to the soil 
and seeing the country and its people through the eyes 
of a Gil Bias. 
“A delightful journey made in the right way. 
It is a delightful personal narrative.” — New York Sun. 
“Is full of absorbing historical information and 
romantic associations.”— Literary Digest. 
“In many ways a novel contribution to the annals 
of Spain.”— Boston Evening Transcript. 
Illustrated in color. $3.00 net; postage 25 cents. 
Reduced copy of colored frontispiece to 
“ The Man Who Found Christmas ,” by 
Walter Prichard Eaton. (See top of 
opposite page.) 
Through Our Unknown South¬ 
west By AGNES C. LAUT 
(Second Edition) 
Tells of the remains of one of the world’s oldest civiliza¬ 
tions, antedating perhaps that of ancient Egypt; of 
the Cliff Dwellings, the Pueblos, the Navajo and 
Hopi Indians, and the National Forests — all within the 
borders of the United States. 
“Pungent, picturesque, compelling .... thrilling with 
human interest.’’— New York Times. 
“This book will prove a revelation to those who think 
they are well informed in regard to their own country.”— Albany 
Argus. 
"Undoubtedly the best book on this subject that has 
appeared.”— Buffalo News. 
"Excellent in every respect.”— Rochester Democrat. 
Illustrated. $2.00 net; postage IS cents. 
Along Germany’s River of 
Romance — the Moselle 
By CHARLES TOWER 
The romance of the Rhine is somewhat worn off by the 
tourist traffic, but the Moselle retains its charm. The 
book opens up the river’s attractive secrets and graphically 
pictures its wild crags, ancient castles, marvelous scenery, and 
interesting folk. 
Illustrated in color and half-tone. 
$2.75 net; postage 25 cents. 
California 
Picture Towns of Europe Under the Sky in 
By CHARLES FRANCIS SAUNDERS 
(Second Edition) 
This book is a striking presentation of the unsung, 
unadvertised charms of the real California, and it tells 
just how the visitor may see things for himself. In no 
other book are the same phases of California life covered. 
“Of that land of Delight, in truth the real California, 
we know little. It is into this that Mr. Saunders guides 
us.” — Boston Transcript. 
“Touches a high mark in the literature of travel.” — 
Seattle Post-Intelligencer. 
Illustrated. $2.00 net; postage 16 cents. 
By ALBERT B. OSBORNE 
Author of “As It Is In England,” etc. 
Mr. Osborne leads us back through the pages of 
history to the hoary medieval towns of Germany, Italy, 
Spain, France, Portugal, Belgium, Holland, and Eng¬ 
land. He shows these romantic places as “picture 
towns” both in their architecture — their moated walls, 
their towers and battlements—and in the customs that 
remain to-day. To read this book is to tread “the 
road to yesterday.” Illustrated. $2.00 net; postage 16 
cents. 
GIFT BOOKS THAT PERTAIN TO THE HOME 
Dishes and Beverages of the 
Old South 
By MARTHA McCULLOCH-WILLIAMS 
“Southern Cooking” has in itself an appetizing sound 
— an odor of sanctity, so to speak—and no one capable 
of conveying it to the printed page knows more about 
the subject than Mrs. Williams. This is more than a 
cook-book; it tells how to make Southern dishes and 
brews for all occasions, but it also holds a charming atmos¬ 
phere of things Southern. Illustrated. $1.25 
net; postage 10 cents. 
Old-Fashioned Gardening 
By GRACE TABOR 
Miss Tabor has given us a notable work in this beauti¬ 
ful book—a work that was well worth the doing and one 
that has been done so well that it is the authority. It 
tells of the gardens of the Engish Cavalier gentleman of 
Virginia, of the prim New England dooryards, of the 
Dutch housewives’ gardens of New Amsterdam, of 
Spanish influences in the semi-tropical Southwest, and 
finally, it tells how to make gardens to-day that will be 
in keeping with houses that have come down to us from 
the past. Illustrated. $2.00 net ; postage 16 cents. 
Send for Christmas Catalogue 
Furnishing the House of Good 
Taste 
By LUCY ABBOT THROOP 
A fascinating and authoritative book on the tasteful 
furnishing of your home, written by a well-known 
interior decorator. The author, after a survey of the 
period styles of decoration, takes up in detail the home 
of to-day and shows how period styles or other modern 
adaptations may be consistently carried out. 
Beautifully illustrated. $2.00 net; postage 20. cents. 
McBRIDE, NAST & CO., Publishers, Union Square, New York City 
In writing to advertisers please mention House & Garden. 
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