, 1874-10-03
LITERATURE.


LITERATURE.
MoSv to nnntko G1omcs.
ios1Es, AND HOW TO MAKE T1ltsn1. ny +. q.
0snpsEn.- with 1llualrattona, 1utno., rp. 31t.
Boston. James Il. Oagood h TO-.
blr. Garluer iH ,nastor Of tho nrta Of author
ship. lie has ldoas, mid prfnciploe, and culture.
md ho understands how to combine and exhibit
thom In tho most attractive nlanuer. Ills little
book-thc frat wo havo lind from Him, but not.
10 hope, tho last-fs tho perfection Of ita kind.
It's t1cmo s ono that coucerns lis all t'oop1y. Our
loareet hopes and intorests contro arol'nl 1t.
We norer tho Of hearing 1t tlscussod, and Rfe
rver roady mud grateful for new puGCoatlonn
., TINT will help lii to visor md mora oxattea
siows OF, 1T. Ihoro Is M increasing foong
amoug tho moro calm md thouglttul por-
tion OF community. -- atlnlulatod. no aoao1'
by certain special reforms OF tho dayy'-tnaS tho
right wny to Improve soclosy Ia to improve QUE
homes !; tliat, II vc keep tlou c1ean and bright,
md wholesome, NO allall i;cop hocioty puro and
upright. Tho itca uutlorlles MI tue theories in
Mr. Qardner'a it.!o book and constantly comes
to tho surface, iu,rrcaeing tho realor Mt ovory
pousiby opportunity, with cohYicsinn Of lts
solemn truth, "Aow mo to ald [nro tho
rords III which,, at Que place. 1t brcnaa fortb]
That. willie faithfully otriying to build houao
Tint pbult be- honest aud cheerful, YOU will surely
6nl yourself growing in tho samo direction
In tho u1oiiyo OF bis wor!;, and III tho grace
with which i,o ,no1ds it. DIr. Gardner recalls to
uy 1,,,sllu but It Is Nasku with hia higll-toncl
morality aud Without his cyntcism; with his
noLlo and beautiful idoalsua tonpetod With prac-
ticaItty, and maao possible and admirable uti!i-
,ariauau,. Eir. Gardner proachoe AZ lofty doc
lriuo as tho great English Art-writer; l,o urgcn
rs stoully tho lcnusy and necessity OF honnaty,
in all our building md all our liying but there
IL no acorn nor SARCASM tinging his soaching with
tttcrness and tempting us to reject 1t bcauso IL
a TO i!.tlavorcd. On tho coatztry, 1t is outicng,
md gently and dgonialiy pcrsuadcs us that 1t il
bottcr, aud in the end easier, to tnho pains and
give thought to whalorer wo undertake, aud to-
strive, in everything re do, to work u1ldoratan1-
lpgly md thoroughly, for tho gouu OF others az
we'll aH ourtelycs.
For example: .
Every man who. would build himeelf house sls.l
asat st down, at-not count te eost; tha. comes
hH o ho,e i ior. II h. Il eoarsa uat living
complex affair; its constant growth or gradlal
se ests ssa :? IT, !as M
work larger and better Or NJ added burden? H'ail
hoaosy 81 ffa ane xs law 's orasr q az
ncallc architecture. II may nok DO clnssis, nc!iher
1sssan nGr ea o9o not not E5enc m e. eas c ho na 1ss
slrovn n va r.sll havs more cheap llo,:ss., noro
mail onus, thiu!s; comfort and 'ea. show,
moro. content and fewer nor3aycJ.
Again: ..
don't dcsri*otAc ncw fasliona. TRY 10 admire then,
wAci they good. VIII you pleaae understand that
thing of be4,,y is icy orsret Whatever Is ;a born
nifty 1t COCA out Of fanhion wit you also re-
member that modern n.yca. moles, fashions tnve,-
sss product Il human thought aud labor during few
rearsY tho old that abidcs ii drawn from TIE surorla
spoa oyc - as @ aoao
Hood tho test Of your critics and rcformers oil alog
down fro,a Adam, oc up from the Lat M monkey who
Ecps TO Ari Ills 1sUt-born w1&hout tall anu moral
Is accountable. :
Mr.. Gardner Inns chosen tho pleasant method
ofconveying hin information through tho medium
of correspondence betTcen M architect aud hls
tricudu,. Tho letters aro wrsttcn in au easy and
familiar utylo and. whllo they admit Of question
md answer, aud tho exchange OF various ind-
gilual opinions, thoy Introduce to us litto cir.
co Of charming neopio woae characters aa
Nth. A1r. John, ''vloso snip. is just coming
iu," ;a like everybody etso ullo has acquired
Bulicient means, bent upon forthwith building n
home. Ills Kind mud Eagacors friend, the
architect is anxious that lie should build wisely
and well, and therefore plotfcrs him, from tho
storc4 Of his learning mud experience, advice
apou cvcry point in Tho construction Of a house,
from tho laying OF tho foundation to tha Elltil-
Cling Of thn roof. Ao shows that no homo IL 10
small and humble that it cannot bo convenient
md artIatio.
1u.tca Of preventing lta indulgence c!oao economy
demands the exercise of the ulost refined tase Thu
very that n,tht pay atrict regard to tho 1rat
principles Of art oae upon which not ono dollar can
10 ase Eysa sonsvaon t =. l9 no
i BY forcing tic ,natcriaa 10 seem nomething better
.bnn they are. To. wood stand for wood. brick for
M ,,ae aa esxsn 81 Tssy H. oo dooper on
tsty thEn n1rro .s,heliing in material; consele.
Hta.S 1p;st ,nt1f nra
achievement, no LASTING beauty.
On the other hand tho architect RhoNg that
in tho most costly hoEscE, nothing il artistic
that il uot genuine, or that III srposauoua Or gu!
of placo.
The coming horae. in ha opinion, "will be
fair to see and made Of brick"
Tho outer. walls viii ns vaplted. thoroughly nou-
conducting beth Of heat aud Of moisture: Al the
partitions will be or trCk precisely adapted In size u
Tho body of Tho iloors will 10 Of bs .suprortcl. Ii
tle dimensions Of tLe rooms, that not pound ,o
material hour Of labor shalt 10 wasted on E;eas
H hosa VT t. ip np ehn
tAing If tho wcathcr-p:ophet Will declare what I'll.
temeruturn OF te wnIcr I1I y to ne ws en- ei
heat throughout tho establishment. You may be surt
i: viii not 10 more .lan you nox uae In teapnx twt
ccasiouai'y on tho ceilings; oven tata viii NJ
tse Il schs: Of ay soo . IN tue noe % an G
t1ours, nnH, otc hapren 10 bo OF 4ront na they MA
81 in sl:o house vii snpSet yonr @ h9nhrs u
nosa ami decay, uiaayory odors and upuso afr, chill!
bedrooms and cold doors, will no nnkn9sn The ear
,ueas ao from, nrnk,nc tinDsrs no jellye trenblin
q ZIG who!e tunrio when tae 1naaser nnts Ais foo
so,,rd a1I Just as ioyoly en tic tnture John brlnr
hong LIS bride - Wien bis 1ans!Gne aen 1 M na Aa
r. 4rootinr NJ. t},n merits of yood as n build