Art Books

Turner's Water-Colours at Farnley Hall

A. J. Finberg

On the death of Mr. Walter Fawkes Farnley Hall passed to his son, Mr. Francis Hawksworth Fawkes. He was a boy when Turner first became friendly with the family. He had romped, walked, shot with Turner..

Lily Speed-O-Weave - Luncheon Set No. 86

Lily Mills Company

The thread is then carried around the outside of the adjacent corner to the third prong from the corner. The thread is then wound around that prong to the corresponding prong on the opposite side. A s..

The Three Choirs

Richard King

The Three Choirs: A Handbook to the Cathedrals of Gloucester, Hereford, and Worcester A Complete Description of the Buildings, a History of Each Diocese and Biographical Notices of the Bishops. T..

Plank Frame Barn Construction

John L. Shawver

The growing interest in the plank frame barn, as manifested by inquiries which have emanated from many quarters, calls for specific information which will enable every builder and farmer to avail hims..

Hunting Indians in a Taxi-Cab

Kate Sanborn

My first wish for an Indian was to add to the effect of my wigwam. I’ve always been rather partial to the Indian race because there is a tradition (which cannot be verified) that my great grandmother,..

Greek Tragedy in the Light of Vase Paintings

John H. Huddilston

The present work represents an attempt to bring this material together in a convenient and accessible form. The first chapter, which deals with the influence of tragedy on other classes of monuments, ..

Rudimentary Architecture for the Use of Beginners

W. H. Leeds

It is important that an elementary treatise,—more particularly if it profess to be a popular one, intended for the use of beginners as well as for professional students,—should not only give rules, bu..

British Marine Painting

A. L. Baldry

British artists were looking to Van Dyck as their leader, and were striving, as he did, to immortalize their contemporaries or to tell in paint purely human stories. The brooks and blossoms, birds and..