New-York tribune., 1902-12-06
HOLIDAY BOOKS.
OLD GARDENS OLD SUN DIALs AND OLD
FURNITURE.

The Macmillan Company.
FORMAL GARDENS IN ENGLAND AND SCOT
LAND Their Planning and Arrangement Archi-
tectural and Ornamental Features By ty q, I1iso
two Plates from Drawings by the Autn3r oIs ana no
Charles Latham In Three Parts. Part III
Imported by Charles scribner's Sons.
EUROPEAN AND JAPANESE GARDENS. Papers
fects by A D. F Hamlin. r. Clipston Sturgis
John GaIen Howard and K Honda: Edsea ne.ayo oy
Glenn Brown. Secretary. Illustrated ocIdso'
pp ls2. Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates d 20;
sun DIALs AND ROSES OF YESIEIRDaafi Isa 4 Gsry Gar
Tsn Tnntb shd Are. e MoreoTeT REGARDED EN-
hlems By Alice Morse Earle adfo,,lan Sompany.
FURNITURE of THE oLDEN TINE. By Francis
Clary Morse Illustrated Octave, pp- XVII 81
The Macmillan Company
The enthusiasm for gardening which has OF
late years spread over the United States is ne-
ing fostered by the publication Of innumerapie
books on the subject These are generally writ
ten by lovers of gardens, who give due atteh-
ton to the romantic charms OF their SUD-
iect but who have learned also to be pracu-
cal They are interesting and they are userul-
Their pages are considerably enhanced in value
by the resources of illustration which pho-
tography places at their disposal Ihe safoeh
book Of to-day is in a very satisfactory sense,
book of pictures. Such publication is MISS
Nicholss English Pleasure Gardens we
hardly know which is the more valuable part VI
work, her reaQaoie cnapteIs pdSheo
facts or her voluminous body of illustrations
from, photographs and drawings. The text Is
arranged on an uncommonly good system III
the first chapter such material exists relating
10 the garden of antiquity is briefly traVerseo
1t is not perhaps the best chapter in the pooA
Miss Nichols does less than justice 10 hdorIan
great villa ar Tivoi. which, even IN It's present
ruined state, is eloquent Of nople spieiuot-
But the author says enough in this chapter 10
indicate what the classical era bequeatheo III
the way OF ideas to later makers OF saroens'
and in two succeeding chapters there are some
altogether delightful pages on aspects Of the
subject too often neglected, the character VI
rnonastic gardens, and that OF WhaI MSS ME
Nichols calls in appropriate old parlance the
,TadiaavaJ pleasaunce.' She is carried Tar anelu
nv these themes as she is. indeed. by the sat
dens of the italian Renaissance and those oI 'ie
seventeenth century French masters; out "hile
she plances again and again at European nlou-
els her chief concern with them is IN thelr reia
ton to English procedure She is perhaps ois-
nosed 70 overestinlate the individuality of Tudor
gardens hut on the whole, her argument Is as
SOUND as it is clearly stated. Her book should
sor,, an INDISPENSABLE guide to the amateur who
wishes to see English gardening. as whole, anu
vet wishes also to learn just what the stages OF
its historical development signify as to nauFe
and foreign forces
We have upon a previous occasion fully de-
scribed and warmly praised Mr. Triggs's work
on Formal Gardens in England and Scotlano'
the third and last part of which has just aP-
neared The three portfolios provide remarka-
hle survey of the masterpieces Of British gar
5ening The Photographic plates are the largest
in scale and the finest IN quality that nave peeh
rrinted since the making of illustrated eafoe
literature became fine art, and MI trisss -
measured drawings are precisely what the MOD
ern gardener ernulous of his historic preoe
cessors wants and can put TO gcoc use. Inns
third portfolio includes among its photographic
mates some superb views Of the Italian garoen
at Bowood, the privy garden at Hatfield, the
-ro,,antjc rose gardens of Rockingham ana
Rroughton castles, the grand walk at Belton
FIouse and the famous works Of the toliarls1
at T,evens Hall. There are also some piates'
both from photographs and drawings Oh 'iie
leaden figures urns and cisterns' whlch are
among the most characteristic features of the
great English gardens.
THE ,,,-+,,e of rracticality upon which those
Who care for gardens can never weary of plac-
ing ernnhasis is exemplified in striking meas
ure in European and japanese Gardens. Inc
four papers here collected were written py
architects for architects, and they illustrate
therefore those principles which it is most I'M
rortant for the amateur to keep in rnino' the
principles binding together garden and the
villa or mansion for which it is designed MT.
Bamlin writes of italian gardens, Mr.. sturgis
of English Mr.. Howard Of French and MT
Honda of japanese few notes on japanese
garden In California being added by MI C
II Townsend 1t is doubtful If anywhere in
America save on the Pacific slope the japanese
garden could be developed with any approach
to congruity, but the three other schools treated
IN this book supply, Of course, many motives
that are easily adjusted to our conditions, and
these essays should prove very serviceable They
are accompanied by numerous reproductions
from photographs beautifully clear half tones.
well printed on calendered paper
The author of Sun Dials and Roses OF fester-
day sludes more than once to the COLLECTION or
diais and dial literature possessed by Mr.. Lewis
Evans, OF watford, England In it there are
ever four hundred books and pamphlets upon
the subject It is doubtful if among them there
is a popular work more satisfactory than this
of Mrs Earles She has the deepest sympathy
for 1.-The charm ard sentiment of sun dials to
which she, devotes her first chapter, full Of apt
illusions and illuminating quotations. and she
has explored the whole field with such industry
that her book is a perfect mine Of useful In
formation. She knows all the kinds Of sun
dials Classics them with erudition relieved by
anecdote, goes into the secrets Of their con-
struction, treats of them in their emblematic
aspect. discourses the placing Of them in gar
dens gives a quantity of the notices which
have been invented for them. and then appro-
priately fills out her book with some readable
chapters on roses. Page after page offers some
pretty description or some bit Of quaintness
which we would like to quote but we confine
ourselves TO one passage. embodying a novel
suggestion that ought certainly TO be taken up