Practical Books 
for those 
About to Build 
THE COUNTRY HOUSE LIBRARY 
Architectural 
Styles for Country 
Houses 
Edited by Henry H. Saylor 
A presentation of the 
characteristics of the 
more common architec¬ 
tural styles employed 
for country houses. 
Each style is discussed 
by an architect who 
makes clear all its ad¬ 
vantages with regard to 
planning, structural con¬ 
ditions a n d materials. 
The styles included and 
fully illustrated by 
well chosen examples 
from photographs a n d 
plans are Colonial 
Houses, Modern Eng¬ 
lish Plaster, Swiss Cha¬ 
let, Italian Adaptations, 
Tudor, Spanish! Mission, 
H a 1 f-T i m b e r, Dutch 
Colonial, Style of the 
Western Plains and The 
Northern Tradition. “The 
hook is a pleasure to 
look at and an education 
to read.” — Pittsburgh 
Post. 
“Of inestimable value 
to those who intend 
building country or sub¬ 
urban houses.” — Albany 
Argus. 
“To a person who is 
thinking of building and 
is open to suggestion, 
this book will be worth 
many times its cost.” — 
Boston Herald. 
$2 net; postage 20c. 
The 
Half-timber 
House 
By Allen W. Jackson 
There have been vari¬ 
ous books published in 
England dealing with the 
early examples of what 
is known as the English 
half-timber type, an d 
many of these have been 
eagerly seized upon by 
architects for the inspira¬ 
tion of their picturesque 
compositions a n d naive 
detail. It has remained, 
however, for an American 
architect to trace out in 
detail the various factors 
and influences that have 
gone into the making of 
this style in England and 
particularly its adaptabil¬ 
ity to present-day needs 
along the lines of the 
American country house. 
Mr. Jackson makes you 
know the half-timber 
house intimately — its 
idiosyncrasies, its charm¬ 
ing irregularity of plan, 
its characteristic detail 
which the old builders 
made so often a labor of 
love. “Architects, build¬ 
ers, and homemakers will 
find it worth while.” — 
New York Times . 
“Fascinating . . . The 
prospective builder will 
find it full of information 
and suggestion.” — Balti¬ 
more Sun. 
$2 net; postage 2Cc. 
Concrete 
and Stucco 
Houses 
By Oswald C. Hering, A.I.A. 
With the extraordinary 
increase in the employ¬ 
ment of plastic materials 
—stucco on wood frame, 
and concrete, either in 
the form of units or in 
a mass—there has been, 
strangely enough, nothing 
to keep pace with this 
along the lines of au¬ 
thoritative literature. Mr. 
Ilering’s book, therefore, 
really does meet a de¬ 
mand for information as 
in the results of many 
experiments with n e w 
methods and also as to 
the possibilities in making 
beautiful a wall texture 
that in itself is unattrac¬ 
tive. 
“All the information 
one may need ... is 
contained in this admir¬ 
able and beautiful vol¬ 
ume .”—Buffalo News. 
“Intending builders 
may consult with profit.” 
— N. Y. Sun. 
“An attractive and use¬ 
ful book that deserves to 
meet with universal 
favor .”—Pittsburgh Post. 
$2 net; postage 20c. 
Bungalows 
By Henry H. Saylor 
In commenting upon 
this book the Chicago 
Record-Herald says: “It 
would seem as if no point 
of interest or value to the 
lay bungalow builder had 
been left uncovered. The 
book, so to speak, oozes 
information at every 
pore.” 
It covers the whole 
fascinating problem of 
building the summer 
home, with a profusion of 
illustrations from pho¬ 
tographs and plans. No 
greater mistake could well 
be made than to build any 
sort of camp, vacation 
shack or permanent bung¬ 
alow without its aid. It 
now appears in a new and 
enlarged edition with 
colored frontispiece. 
“It is a veritable va- 
demacum . . . and 
the prospective builder 
will do well to consult 
it .”—Boston Herald. 
“The best thing so far 
published on the subject.” 
— Book Review Digest. 
Illustrated with pho¬ 
tographs, floor plans and 
diagrams. 
$2 net; postage 20c. 
The 
Dutch Colonial 
House 
By Aymar Embury, II. 
Ready in January 
Mr. Embury, whose 
characteristic designs for 
small and large country 
homes have become so 
well k n o w n throughout 
the country has based the 
majority of these designs 
upon the flexible style of 
architecture that was 
evolved by the Dutch set¬ 
tlers through northern 
Jersey, parts of Long 
Island and to some ex¬ 
tent along the Hudson 
above New York. Mr. 
Embury’s contention is 
that the Dutch Colonial 
type of house, or as it is 
perhaps better k n o w n, 
gambrel roof type, pre- 
sents-the most logical and 
at the same time the 
most attractive solution 
of the problem of secur¬ 
ing the most room, and 
the most charming ex¬ 
terior appearance in a 
home, coincidentally with 
a minimum of cost. The 
volume is uniform with 
other titles in The Coun¬ 
try House Library and 
like these, is profusely 
illustrated with plans and 
photographs. 
$2 net; postage 20c. 
Reclaiming 
the Old 
House 
By Chas. Edw. Hooper 
Raedy in February 
Many people undoubt¬ 
edly would rather remodel 
and adapt an old house to 
their needs than live in a 
new one, but are per¬ 
turbed by a lack of 
knowledge as to the 
proper procedure in re¬ 
claiming an old house so 
as to preserve the charm 
of the past while incor¬ 
porating the present-day 
conveniences. The asso¬ 
ciations of a well-built 
and w e 1 1-proportioned 
house are worthy of 
preservation, but there 
are always architectural 
changes that must be 
made if it is to be appro¬ 
priately habitable accord¬ 
ing to present standards. 
The book carries its prac¬ 
tical note to the point of 
making it suggest how the 
restoration of an old 
house should conform to 
the locality. 
$2 net; postage 20c. 
A Book of House Plans 
By W. H. Butterfield and H. W. Tuttle 
The authors are two practising New York archi¬ 
tects who have prepared a series of designs for 
homes of character costing $3,000 to $6,000. These 
designs are illustrated by prospective views and floor 
plans with interior perspectives, and in some cases 
photographs of designs that have already been built. 
Full working drawings and specifications of each of 
the designs shown may be purchased from the 
authors. 
128pp., $2 net; postage 20c. 
Distinctive Homes of Moderate Cost 
Edited by Henry H. Saylor 
For the man who now or some day is going to 
build a house to fit his own personality, here is a 
mine of suggestion. Practically every side of home¬ 
making is helpfully discussed, from the relations be¬ 
tween architect, client and builder to the selection of 
lighting fixtures and hangings. The illustrations, of 
which there are 470, have been selected with a view 
to their value in helpful suggestion, and it is not 
too much to say that there is a new idea for your 
home on every page. 
Illustrated from photographs and many floor plans. 
$2 net; postage 30c. 
Inexpensive Homes of Individuality 
With an Introduction by Frank Miles Day 
Over seventeen thousand copies of this book have 
been printed inside of nine months, and it is more 
in demand than ever. It illustrates by photographs, 
inside and out, and floor plans, the best homes of 
moderate size being built to-day. For the man about 
to build it offers an exceptional opportunity of study¬ 
ing in detail houses of various architectural types 
costing from $2,000 to $8,000. There is in it* an 
invaluable discussion of costs by Aymar Embury, II. 
Illustrated from photographs and floor plans. 
75c. net; postage 8c. 
FURNISHING THE HOUSE 
Furnishing the Home of Good Taste 
By Lucy Abbot Throop 
Miss Throop, who is an interior decorator practising 
in New York, has written what is undoubtedly the 
most valuable and concise survey of the period styles 
of decoration — styles that have furnished the basis 
for most of the present-day ideas regarding furniture 
and furnishing. After completing this interesting 
survey of the past. Miss Throop takes up in great 
detail the home of to-day, with particular emphasis 
on the country home, and shows how either period 
styles or other modern adaptations may be consistently 
carried out. All the details of furniture, hangings, 
rugs and so on, even to the porch equipment, are 
thoroughly and entertainingly discussed, with an 
abundance of pictures. 
$2 net; postage 20c. 
The Furniture Designs of Chippendale, 
Hepplewhite and Sheraton 
With Introduction by Arthur Hayden 
A magnificent reprint of the original books of fur¬ 
niture designs—books that were issued by their famous 
authors when at the height of their power and pres¬ 
tige, and which in the original editions are now almost 
priceless. The work is available in a Library Edition 
of three volumes, one devoted to each of the three 
masters, at $6 net (postage 30c) or $16.30 net for 
the three volumes, boxed (expressage 50c.); besides 
which the three books are combined in a single 
large volume at $15 net (.expressage 50c.). 
A Book of Distinctive Interiors 
Edited by William A. Voiimer 
It is a difficult matter to carry out a thoroughly 
consistent scheme of interior decoration and furnish¬ 
ing without practical and helpful suggestions in the 
way of photographs of other successful homes. In 
this book, witli its hundreds of illustrations, which 
have been chosen by reason of the good taste and 
skill displayed in their furnishings and decoration, 
there are chapters on all the rooms of the house— 
living-room, dining-room, kitchen, nursery and so on. 
It is a book with a thousand suggestions. 
$1 net; postage 14c. 
AMONG THE HOUSE & GARDEN MAKING BOOKS 
Making a Fireplace 
By Henry H. Saylor 
Whether a fireplace is to smoke or not to smoke 
should not be left to chance. There is a right way 
to construct a fireplace and it is not difficult to 
follow. (Ready soon.) 
50c. net; postage 5c. 
Making Paths and Driveways 
By C. H. Miller 
The layout, construction, drainage and upkeep of 
the various kinds of walks and roadways on a smalt 
or large place. 
50c. net; postage 5c. 
Send for Complete List of MAKING Books 
Making a Poultry House 
By M. Roberts Conover 
One of the most important factors in raising 
poultry successfully is the house. Mr. Conover 
answers all the questions that will arise in building 
the proper kind of shelter. 
50c. net; postage 5c. 
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