With Portraits and Illustrations. 32mo, Cloth, Ornamental, 50 cents. (“Harper’s Black and White Series.”)
A delightful, affectionate memoir of the great actor, by one who knew him well.—Christian Intelligencer, N. Y.
ITALIAN GARDENS
By Charles A. Platt. With a Colored Frontispiece (printed in Paris) and many Illustrations. 4to, Cloth, Ornamental, Uncut Edges and Gilt Top, $5 00. (In a Box.)
It would be hard to imagine a handsomer book, or one in which an attractive subject is more pleasantly treated.... Those artistically inclined will read and look at this volume for its power of illusion in transporting one to the Colonna grass-plots or those of the Villa Medici, while the more practically inclined will note the useful suggestions to the occidental landscape gardener.—Hartford Courant.
The sketches are delightful, so well chosen and so well made as to bring back to one who is familiar with them a vivid experience of his own happy hours in them.... Mr. Platt’s text is agreeably helpful and suggestive without being obtrusive or impertinent.—Independent, N. Y.
So much of Italian literature and art is associated with the stately and beautiful mementoes of past centuries, that the literary and æsthetic interest of these scenes will transcend for most of us their value as historical examples of landscape art. Whatever our point of view may be, there will be a general agreement regarding the charm of the theme and the felicity of the artist-author’s treatment.—Outlook, N. Y.
Reveals to even many European tourists what they have not seen. The old gardens are lovely, even under neglect. Mr. Platt’s descriptions are excellent; the illustrations exquisite.—Christian Intelligencer, N. Y.
The book will be an ornament to any house, a means of culture, and a practical aid to those who wish to understand landscape architecture in theory and practice.—Boston Beacon.