House & Garden 
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GLENCOT, Somersetshire, England, Designed by Ernest George & Peto, 
Architects. Bv R. Ci.ipston Sturgis. Illustrated , i 
A SKETCH FOR A GARDEN, by Wilson Eyre, Architect. Illustration , 9 
THE HOUSE AND GARDEN OF MR. CHARLES A. PLATT, near 
Windsor, Vermont, Designed bv the owner. Bv Herbert D. Croly. 
Illustrated , 1 o 
THE MOSQUE OF SIDI-ABDERAHMAN, at Algiers. Illustrations , 18 
THE FOUNTAIN OF ARETHUSA, at Syracuse, Sicily. Illustrations , 20 
AN OLD HOUSE AND GARDEN, at Fredericksburg, Virginia. 
Illustrations , 2 2 
TYROLESE ARCHITECTURE (/. Feudal ), by Herbert C. Wise. Illustrated , 23 
A RESIDENCE, No. 35 East 68th Street, New York City, Designed by 
Carrere & Hastings, Architects. Illustrations , 32 
EDITORIAL. 34 
REVIEWS. The Greatest Palace and Garden of France. 35 
The Ala king of 1a Country Home 
B\ “ J . P. M.” author of“A Journey to Nature ” 
HP HE experiences of a young city couple who were determined to establish a home, with 
I all its dreamed-of perfections, away from the clangor of city life, and the tribulations 
they passed through. One is intensely interested, and can but wonder at the genius 
which transforms the every-day things of life into matters of absorbing moment and 
keen delight. 
u Its reality, humor and kindliness will charm many into dreamful recognition of possible 
paradises.”— N. Y. Herald. 
“ It is impossible to read this book without catching the country fever. All the joys of 
country life are stored up in it .”—Public Opinion. 
Charmingly Decorated , Jv.yo, Net 
— // Journey to Nature 
it is a book of the years .”—The Critic. 
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