House & Garden 
THE FEBRUARY NUMBER OF 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
WILL CONTAIN 
THE SCHEME FOR THE IMPROVEMENT 
OF THE CITY OF WASHINGTON 
AS PREPARED BY THE FOLLOWING PARK COMMISSION, 
APPOINTED BY THE U. S. SENATE COMMITTEE ON THE 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: 
CHARLES F. McKIM DANIEL H. BURNHAM 
AUGUSTUS ST. GAUDENS FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED, JR. 
AN ELABORATE RECONSTRUCTION OF THAT PART OF 
WASHINGTON LYING BETWEEN THE CAPITOL AND THE 
MONUMENT HAS BEEN PROPOSED BY WHICH FUTURE 
PUBLIC BUILDINGS WILL FLANK A SPACIOUS AVENUE 
AND, WITH THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL AND MONUMENTAL 
BRIDGES, WILL FORM THE MOST MAGNIFICENT ARCHI¬ 
TECTURAL AND PARK ARRANGEMENT IN THE WORLD 
DESCRIPTIVE TEXT WILL BE CONTRIBUTED BY 
GLENN BROWN 
ARCHITECT OF WASHINGTON, D. C., SECRETARY OF THE 
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS AND AUTHOR OF 
THE IMPORTANT WORK: “A HISTORY OF THE UNITED 
STATES CAPITOL.” 
THERE WILL BE MANY 
ILLUSTRATIONS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS 
ESPECIALLY TAKEN FOR HOUSE AND GARDEN OF THE PARK 
COMMISSION’S DRAWINGS AND MODELS IN ADDITION TO 
ACTUAL VIEWS OF THE PRESENT CONDITION OF THE CITY 
“FROZEN MUSIC” 
BY CLAUDE BRAGDON. THE SECOND OF HIS SERIES OF ESSAYS 
UPON ARCHITECTURAL ESTHETICS. ILLUSTRATED BY THE AUTHOR 
BELLEFONTAINE (concluded) 
A Mansion and Garden at Lenox, Massachusetts, 
DESIGNED BY CARRERE & HASTINGS. ILLUSTRATED BY MANY 
PHOTOGRAPHS ESPECIALLY TAKEN FOR HOUSE AND GARDEN 
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