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THE EDITOR'S ROOM
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
Landscape Gardening in Japan. One vol. imp.
4to. f~,2 \2S. 6d. net. Supplement to Landscape
Gardening in Japan. One vol. 4to. jQx ids. net.
By Josiah Conder, F.R.I.B.A. (London : Samp-
son Low & Co.)—Mr. Josiah Conder, F.R.I.B.A.,
the author of an interesting paper on " Landscape
Gardening in Japan," which appeared some years
ago in the Transactions of the Asiatic Society of
Japan, and to which reference was made in an
article on " Artistic Gardens in Japan " in our issue
of last July, has now completed two sumptuous
volumes on this delightful subject. These have
both been printed and bound by the Hakubunsha
in Tokio, in European style, and in a manner that
would be creditable to any Western printer and
binder. Landscape Gardening in Japan is an
almost exhaustive treatise on the subject. In
it we are fully instructed in the various methods
and the ethics of garden designing which obtains in
that country, and are treated to numerous illustra-
tions of picturesque arbours, fences, gateways, and
other garden accessories. Any one desiring to pro-
duce for himself a garden in Japanese style will
BY E. H. NEW
find abundant material in this work to guide him in
his project.
The Supplementto Landscape Gardening in Japan
consists of a series of sixty excellent pffotographs
of existing gardens in Japan, reproduced by the
Collotype process, to each of which is appended
. an interesting description by Mr. Conder.
We cannot too strongly recommend all those
who take pleasure in artistic gardening to possess
rthemselves of these truly valuable works.
The Gipsy Road. By Grenville A. J. Cole.
(London: Macmillan & Co. 6s.)—A book of
modern tourist travel, illustrated in the slightly
archaic style which the young artists Birmingham
School affect, is certain to be at least novel. Yet
in this instance the experiment is justified by
TWO ILLUSTRATIONS FROM " THE GIPSY ROAD "
drawings which are pleasantly related to the
printed page, and serve to decorate the book itself
as well as illustrate its text. The work of Mr. E.
H. New, who is responsible for the external and
internal decorations of this charming record of a
journey from Krakow to Coblentz, is not unfamiliar
to our readers, and by the courtesy of the pub-
lishers we are able to reproduce here a specimen
of his cleverly managed convention. The whole
appearance of the book justifies the high artistic
reputation of its publishers, who, one should always
remember, were among the first to produce books
which are no less a pleasure to look at and handle
than to read.
Four new coloured lithographs (js. 6d. each),
after Turner's Ports and Rivers, published by
George Rowney & Co., well sustain the reputation
of this excellent series.
A very interesting exhibition of modern Book-
bindings will open at the Caxton Head, 232 High
Holborn, on June 27. It will consist of some
seventy copies of King Florus, one of Mr. Morris'
Kelmscott Press series. The chief binders known
to fame will be represented, and works of the most
unconventional order, from all parts of the world.
The materials employed include leathers of all
sorts, metal, carved wood, embroideries, snake-
skins, bamboo, and other substances.
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NEW PUBLICATIONS.
Landscape Gardening in Japan. One vol. imp.
4to. f~,2 \2S. 6d. net. Supplement to Landscape
Gardening in Japan. One vol. 4to. jQx ids. net.
By Josiah Conder, F.R.I.B.A. (London : Samp-
son Low & Co.)—Mr. Josiah Conder, F.R.I.B.A.,
the author of an interesting paper on " Landscape
Gardening in Japan," which appeared some years
ago in the Transactions of the Asiatic Society of
Japan, and to which reference was made in an
article on " Artistic Gardens in Japan " in our issue
of last July, has now completed two sumptuous
volumes on this delightful subject. These have
both been printed and bound by the Hakubunsha
in Tokio, in European style, and in a manner that
would be creditable to any Western printer and
binder. Landscape Gardening in Japan is an
almost exhaustive treatise on the subject. In
it we are fully instructed in the various methods
and the ethics of garden designing which obtains in
that country, and are treated to numerous illustra-
tions of picturesque arbours, fences, gateways, and
other garden accessories. Any one desiring to pro-
duce for himself a garden in Japanese style will
BY E. H. NEW
find abundant material in this work to guide him in
his project.
The Supplementto Landscape Gardening in Japan
consists of a series of sixty excellent pffotographs
of existing gardens in Japan, reproduced by the
Collotype process, to each of which is appended
. an interesting description by Mr. Conder.
We cannot too strongly recommend all those
who take pleasure in artistic gardening to possess
rthemselves of these truly valuable works.
The Gipsy Road. By Grenville A. J. Cole.
(London: Macmillan & Co. 6s.)—A book of
modern tourist travel, illustrated in the slightly
archaic style which the young artists Birmingham
School affect, is certain to be at least novel. Yet
in this instance the experiment is justified by
TWO ILLUSTRATIONS FROM " THE GIPSY ROAD "
drawings which are pleasantly related to the
printed page, and serve to decorate the book itself
as well as illustrate its text. The work of Mr. E.
H. New, who is responsible for the external and
internal decorations of this charming record of a
journey from Krakow to Coblentz, is not unfamiliar
to our readers, and by the courtesy of the pub-
lishers we are able to reproduce here a specimen
of his cleverly managed convention. The whole
appearance of the book justifies the high artistic
reputation of its publishers, who, one should always
remember, were among the first to produce books
which are no less a pleasure to look at and handle
than to read.
Four new coloured lithographs (js. 6d. each),
after Turner's Ports and Rivers, published by
George Rowney & Co., well sustain the reputation
of this excellent series.
A very interesting exhibition of modern Book-
bindings will open at the Caxton Head, 232 High
Holborn, on June 27. It will consist of some
seventy copies of King Florus, one of Mr. Morris'
Kelmscott Press series. The chief binders known
to fame will be represented, and works of the most
unconventional order, from all parts of the world.
The materials employed include leathers of all
sorts, metal, carved wood, embroideries, snake-
skins, bamboo, and other substances.
xv