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The editor's room
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THE EDITOR'S ROOM
t,tt„t t„ . wheel of time had been turned back at least ten
NEW PUBLICATIONS. . .. , „• ,■ ,
years. As a matter of fact, the latest of the
Bungalows and Country Residences. By R. A. essays, in Verona, was written in 1885 ; nor in
Briggs, F.R.I.B.A. Second Edition. (London : reading them do they seem of the hour, although
Batsford.)—As the author of this book, which re- the old charm of style still engages the attention,
ceived so warm a welcome in its first edition, has but and the delightful egotism of their accomplished
lately contributed an article on the same subject author constantly, as of old, provokes you, only to
to our columns, here it will suffice to call attention be soothed again by his next sentence—all the time
to the work. In thirty-five plates we have ex- you feel that they voice the thought of a past epoch
amples of the bungalow, as Mr. Briggs defines it, —to a new generation who rightly or wrongly
and, to be exact, of country residences as well, no longer accept his teaching as infallible. A
Otherwise one would feel his definition to be far word of unstinted praise is due to the perfection
more elastic than had else appeared possible. A of the externals of this book; its dozen plates are
so-called bun-__|_ all good, one
galow that —: • ^- -. or two the last
costs ^"4500 f 1^' I; H""n- wordof photo-
would remind • gravure, and
cottage with a --z ^———--and ^binding
quotes as a 1■ ~~ '' pages for quo-
sample of the --flWK-"''" tation that are
pride that hard to resist,
apes humility. No one will
A BUNGALOW REDUCED FROM THE DRAWING BY R. A. BRIGGS ,
The one we regret buying
are permitted to reproduce, however, is well within a copy of this entirely interesting book,
the range. It is thus described by the author: An Imaged World. By Edward Garnett.
"The design is for a bungalow on one floor. The (London : J. M. Dent & Co. 5*. net.)—Poems
walls would be built with rubble or bricks, and in prose, phrased with considerable power, and
would be ' rough-cast'; the arches to the piazza illustrated by five of Mr. Hyde's poems in pigment,
being built of red bricks, and the voussoirs to the make up a singularly attractive little volume, which
principal entrance of stone. The chimneys would could hardly be improved externally or internally;
be faced with stone, and the roof tiled. The except possibly by the omission of a stereotyped
woodwork would generally be painted white, the ornamental border, which is a trifle wearisome, and
shutters to windows and the entrance-door bright mars the otherwise fair proportion of a delightful
green. The estimated cost is ^550." It is a page. It is a book to remember for a gift that
most fascinating book, even for those who are almost every lover of art would appreciate; not to
restricted to building " chateaux d'Espagne " only, read though at a sitting, but to dip into now
Verona, and other Essays. By John Ruskin, and again according to the changing mood of the
D.C.L. Letters to a College Friend. By John reader.
Ruskin. (Orpington and London: George A Practical Handbook of Drawing for Modem
Allen.)—On opening a new volume with Mr. Methods of Reproduction. By C. G. Harper.
Ruskin's name on the title-page, it seems as if the (London: Chapman & Hall. 'js. 6d.)—As several
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t,tt„t t„ . wheel of time had been turned back at least ten
NEW PUBLICATIONS. . .. , „• ,■ ,
years. As a matter of fact, the latest of the
Bungalows and Country Residences. By R. A. essays, in Verona, was written in 1885 ; nor in
Briggs, F.R.I.B.A. Second Edition. (London : reading them do they seem of the hour, although
Batsford.)—As the author of this book, which re- the old charm of style still engages the attention,
ceived so warm a welcome in its first edition, has but and the delightful egotism of their accomplished
lately contributed an article on the same subject author constantly, as of old, provokes you, only to
to our columns, here it will suffice to call attention be soothed again by his next sentence—all the time
to the work. In thirty-five plates we have ex- you feel that they voice the thought of a past epoch
amples of the bungalow, as Mr. Briggs defines it, —to a new generation who rightly or wrongly
and, to be exact, of country residences as well, no longer accept his teaching as infallible. A
Otherwise one would feel his definition to be far word of unstinted praise is due to the perfection
more elastic than had else appeared possible. A of the externals of this book; its dozen plates are
so-called bun-__|_ all good, one
galow that —: • ^- -. or two the last
costs ^"4500 f 1^' I; H""n- wordof photo-
would remind • gravure, and
cottage with a --z ^———--and ^binding
quotes as a 1■ ~~ '' pages for quo-
sample of the --flWK-"''" tation that are
pride that hard to resist,
apes humility. No one will
A BUNGALOW REDUCED FROM THE DRAWING BY R. A. BRIGGS ,
The one we regret buying
are permitted to reproduce, however, is well within a copy of this entirely interesting book,
the range. It is thus described by the author: An Imaged World. By Edward Garnett.
"The design is for a bungalow on one floor. The (London : J. M. Dent & Co. 5*. net.)—Poems
walls would be built with rubble or bricks, and in prose, phrased with considerable power, and
would be ' rough-cast'; the arches to the piazza illustrated by five of Mr. Hyde's poems in pigment,
being built of red bricks, and the voussoirs to the make up a singularly attractive little volume, which
principal entrance of stone. The chimneys would could hardly be improved externally or internally;
be faced with stone, and the roof tiled. The except possibly by the omission of a stereotyped
woodwork would generally be painted white, the ornamental border, which is a trifle wearisome, and
shutters to windows and the entrance-door bright mars the otherwise fair proportion of a delightful
green. The estimated cost is ^550." It is a page. It is a book to remember for a gift that
most fascinating book, even for those who are almost every lover of art would appreciate; not to
restricted to building " chateaux d'Espagne " only, read though at a sitting, but to dip into now
Verona, and other Essays. By John Ruskin, and again according to the changing mood of the
D.C.L. Letters to a College Friend. By John reader.
Ruskin. (Orpington and London: George A Practical Handbook of Drawing for Modem
Allen.)—On opening a new volume with Mr. Methods of Reproduction. By C. G. Harper.
Ruskin's name on the title-page, it seems as if the (London: Chapman & Hall. 'js. 6d.)—As several
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