Edited for American use, with Notes, by Charles C. Perkins, author of “Tuscan Sculptors.” With thirty-four full-page plain and colored Plates, and numerous small illustrations. 1 vol. 8vo. Price $5.00.
The Independent (New York).
“The volume is one that should interest everybody; for, while we are not all concerned in house-building, it is to be hoped that all of us are interested in the forms of our furniture. Respecting the appointments of the house, from the entrance hall to the highest bedroom, Mr. Eastlake gives the most excellent counsels. The paper, the carpets, the table furniture, the picture-frames, the book-cases, the chairs, and secretaries, all are discussed with an intelligent and cultured taste that is simply invaluable to any one who may be seeking how to make his home more beautiful. The book is one that should be familiar in every refined household.”
The Athenæum (London).
“We welcome such a book as that before us, which is written by a very competent and accomplished student for the guidance of those who have yet to learn the rudiments of art as well as others whose knowledge is imperfect. Mr. Eastlake discourses clearly and soundly of those crafts which supply furniture for entrance-halls, dining-rooms, libraries, drawing-rooms, and bedrooms; also of wall decorations, crockery, glass, plate, dress, and jewelry. His book is capitally illustrated by examples.”
Louisville Courier-Journal.
“There are yearly more and more persons who really wish to arrange their rooms and buy their decorations in accordance with artistic laws. We would refer such to the new American edition of ‘Eastlake’s Hints on Household Taste,’ published by James R. Osgood & Co., where the hints of Mr. Eastlake are well supplemented by the judicious comments of the American editor, Mr. C. C. Perkins. The book is full of strong practical sense, and its perusal will be pleasant to the artist and instructive as well as delightful to the novice in art. We wish it could be put into the hands of every person intending to furnish a house, even in the humblest style.”
Hartford Courant.
“We should say that no woman could read this book without getting some new ideas that will be of great value to her. Especially will she learn that the most costly furniture and decoration are not always in the best taste, and that she cannot have an agreeable home merely by spending money.”
Boston Advertiser.