H OLise and Garden 
RUSSWIN HARDWARE 
For Fine Residence Work 
Unsurpassed in Design, Finish 
and Durability. 
Haddam Design 
Colonial 
Booklets of designs will 
be furnished on request. 
Russell &■ Erwin Manufacturing Co. 
New Britain, Conn. 
26 West Twenty-Sixth St., New York 1201 Chestnut St., Philadelphia 
For Factory For Farm For Home 
CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION 
Is the Best. 
It is Economical, Durable, Fireproof and Sanitary; needs no paint or repairs, is warmer 
in winter, cooler in summer than any other construction and is adaptable 
to any style of architecture. 
For the benefit of those wTio desire to make lasting improvements about the FARM, FACTORY or 
HOME, and as a guide to those contemplating new construction, we have published the followdng books; 
FOR THE SUBURBANITE AND FARMER. 
“Concrete Construction About the Home and on the Farm,” 
a book containing directions for making and handling concrete, also many specifications, sectional drawings, 
and photographs of the smaller constructions that can be built by the layman without skilled labor. 
Paper bound copies, free upon request. Cloth bound copies, 25c each. 
FOR THE MANUFACTURER AND MERCHANT. 
“Reinforced Concrete in Factory Construction,” 
a book containing besides several general chapters on concrete, concrete aggregates, methods and materials 
for reinforcing—ten chapters giving detailed descriptions of ten concrete factories and warehouses erected 
in various parts of the country by different systems with photographs and sectional drawings, and speci¬ 
fications furnished by the engineers in charge of the work. 
This book profusely illustrated (250 pages, size x 9), pamphlet bound sent free upon request to ARCHITECTS, ENGI¬ 
NEERS and MANUFACTURERS, who contemplate building. Cloth bound 50c each. 
FOR THE MECHANIC AND ARTISAN. 
“Concrete Cottages,” 
a sixteen page pamphlet showing photographs, floor plans and specifications for small concrete houses 
ranging in cost from $ 1 , 500.00 to $ 4 , 000 . 00 . Copies sent free upon request. 
FOR THE HOMEBUILDER AND INVESTOR. 
“Concrete Country Residences,” 
a book containing photographs and floor plans of over 150 CONCRETE HOUSES, ranging in prices 
from $ 2,000 to $ 200 , 000 . These houses not only show a large variety of design, but are of several different 
systems on concrete construction. They are not imaginary sketches, but housesjralready built and 
designed by the best architects in the country. 
Copies (168 pages, size 10 x 12) will be sent express prepaid upon receipt of $1.00. 
The Atlas Portland Cement Co., information Dept., 30 Broad St., New York. 
of the old editions, and reproduced 
photographically many of the sketches 
by which Repton explained his ideas. 
Some of these have slides or flaps 
which he invented to show the effect 
of the changes he advised. It is to be 
regretted that the handsomest of these 
represents a rather futile bit of lawn 
treatment in the front of Repton’s own 
cottage, an intimate and personal thing 
which, used as a frontispiece is likely to 
give a false idea of the contents of the 
book and the work of a man who habit¬ 
ually thought on a large scale. But the 
preface is worth reading, and the book 
generally shows evidence of sympathetic 
and careful editing, and is handsomely 
printed and gotten up. It is the first of 
a series of classics in landscape archi¬ 
tecture to be issued with the co-operation 
of the American Society of Landscape 
Architects .—Harold A. Caparn. 
Flemish Renaissance Furniture 
F ew styles of furniture have suffered more at 
the hands of modern designers than the 
blemish Renaissance; therefore, when fine repro¬ 
ductions are placed upon the market it is a plea¬ 
sure to call attention to their good qualities. 
There is great dignity in the Flemish Renais¬ 
sance and when properly interpreted it is not in¬ 
congruous in a modern house. It possesses those 
sturdy, substantial characteristics which make it 
eminently fitting for library, hall, and dining-room. 
Flemish Renaissance was an outgrowth of the 
Italian Renaissance mingled with Spanish influence 
and infused with qualities of its own, which give 
to it distinctive character. Its origin came at the 
time when Charles, King of Spain, was Emperor 
of Germany and also Count of Flanders and Duke 
of Burgundy. 
•' A Flemish Sideboard,” model from Berkey & Gay Furniture Co., 
Grand Rapids, Mich. 
Holland and Flanders reversed the usual order 
of Renaissance development. The early and mid¬ 
dle periods were less creditable than the later 
phases. 
The Dutch and Flemish brought their work to 
perfection after the year 1600. 
If the English were the great furniture makers 
of the eighteenth century, the inhabitants of the 
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