House and Garden 
For This Year 
THE PASSING YEAR 
The passing year has brought to House and Garden a gratifying meed of success 
and much pleasant commendation from our readers, for which we wish to express our sincere thanks and 
appreciation. To old friends and new we would say that the magazine for 1908 will be more beautiful, more 
practical, and more really necessary to the men and women who are directly or indirectly interested in their 
homes and gardens than ever before. 
THE SMALL HOUSE WHICH IS GOOD 
Many leading architects in this country and abroad will supply our readers with sug¬ 
gestions so complete that they may be utilized to meet the needs of the interested builder. Houses ranging in 
price from ^3,000 to the costliest mansions will be reproduced and described. 
This idea has been used in a measure in the articles treating of the inexpensive house 
which have run so successfully under the caption of “ The Small House Which is Good. ” We feel in enlarging 
the field of the styles of house presented, we will be meeting the needs of all of our readers who contemplate 
building. These houses will be published, fully illustrated by photographs of exterior and interior of the 
finished house and showing also floor plans made from the working drawings. They will be found replete 
with suggestions which will be adaptable to many needs. The best types of houses from all parts of the 
United States will be presented and in most cases written of in an interesting way by the architect who has 
designed them. These will embody the Colonial, the typical city house, country house and bungalow, varying 
as widely in design and style as in cost. 
HOUSING THE POOR 
An especially timely series on the housing of the poor in the great cities will be offered 
during the year from the pen of the eminent authority, John William Russell. Mr. Russell knows his theme 
thoroughly, and while his articles will be in a measure statistical, they are full of information which is not only 
important, but extremely interesting. These articles will be illustrated by photographs showing some of the 
best and most modern tenements. 
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 
Southern California and its beauties of house and garden will be written of from time 
to time by Charles Frederick Holder. Mr. Holder has been long a resident of Southern California and one 
feels that he speaks of what he knows and loves in these articles. Many suggestive ideas may be gleaned 
from these to be used in other parts of the country as it is an acknowledged fact that in successful homemaking 
which includes the surrounding grounds, this part of the world is unsurpassed. 
FOREIGN CONTRIBUTIONS 
From our foreign contributors we will offer many especially delightful articles. The 
Duchess of Buckingham and Chandos writes of the celebrated collection of portraits in her home in Scotland. 
The Hon. Mrs. Forbes and Mrs. Jennings-Bramly will also supply some charmingly picturesque descriptions 
and illustrations of these wonderful old homes of the Scottish Border. Mr. Jacques Boyer will write about 
“The Tropical Gardens of Paris” and about the “Forcing of Fruits for the Market in France. ” 
SUBURBAN HOMES 
Among other articles no less important to appear during the coming year will be the 
color treatment for the exterior of the suburban house. An article on “Mantels, Good and Bad,” both sides 
of the question being fully illustrated and discussed. “What the Mirror means in the Decoration of the 
Home” and how it may be cleverly used to produce vistas and various spacious effects, which cannot other¬ 
wise be obtained. 
CORRECT FURNISHING 
“Correct Furnishing,” what to buy, where to buy and how much to pay for it, is an 
article which will be of inestimable value not only to the woman who lives far from the center of things hut to 
the city woman as well. 
PICTURES 
“Pictures” from a decorative standpoint and pictures as the leading feature of the 
room. How to group them and how to frame them. A number of opinions from authorities on these very 
important questions will be published during the year. 
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