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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
October, iqio 
Scores of houses just as distinctive as this appear among the illustrations 
Distinctive Homes of Moderate Cost 
Edited by Henry H. Saylor 
A Book for House-Builders and Home-Makers 
{T We publish this book in response to an ever-increasing demand for a volume of pictures, 
plans and descriptions of the most charming homes in this country—not the great 
estates and show places, but the sort of places that most of us can look forward to building, 
ranging in cost from $3,000 to $20,000. 
The illustrations, of which there are more than three hundred, both of the exteriors of 
houses and their garden settings, and of the principal rooms inside, are all from photo¬ 
graphs of houses already built, reproduced in superb half-tone engravings, with line draw¬ 
ings of the floor plans. 
The carefully selected contents includes country homes, seashore cottages, alluring bungalows, inexpensively re- 
VL. modeled farmhouses, etc. All the desirable architectural styles are represented: Colonial, English Half-timber, 
Stucco, Cement, Dutch Colonial (the gambrel roof type), Swiss Chalet, etc. Chapters written by authorities cover all 
sides of the fascinating problem of house-building, interior decoration and furnishing. The relations between the 
home-builder and his architect, the matter of plans, specifications, contracts, the puzzling problem of extras and how to 
avoid them—all these subjects are clarified in a most comprehensive and interesting way. Throughout the text are 
many pages of pictures illustrating constructive, decorative and furnishing details—entrance doorways, bay windows, 
outside shutters, chimneys, stairways, dormer windows, built-in china-cupboards, consistently furnished interiors, 
porches—all grouped so that the reader may, at a glance, compare all the best types. 
Important Subjects Covered 
/fT The chapter headings indicate the general scope of the text matter in Part I of the book, which is followed in the 
'CL, same volume by the finest collection of moderate-sized homes in good taste that has ever been brought together. 
Chapter I. The Home-builder and the Architect Chapter VII. Lighting Systems and Lighting Fixtures 
II. Building Materials: Their Respective Merits, VIII. Built-in Conveniences, Wainscoting and Book- 
Defects and Costs cases 
III. Constructive Details: the Roof, the Cellar, Win- IX. Floors and Floor Coverings 
dows X. Wall Coverings, Portieres and Window Draperies 
IV. The Porch, the Terrace, Enclosed Porches and XI. Furnishing and Decorating the Bedroom 
Sleeping Porches XII. Furniture 
V. The Fireplace XIII. Picture Hanging and Ornaments 
VI. Heating Systems and Water Supply XIV. The Garage 
rfT “Distinctive Homes of Moderate Cost” is the most complete and authoritative volume on the subject 
yet published. It is a sumptuous book, size 10 x 12 } inches, superbly printed on plate paper, taste¬ 
fully bound. Price $2.00 net. By mail, postage 25c. 
McBRIDE, WINSTON & CO., Publishers, 
449 Fourth Avenue, New York 
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