Taylor, Talbot Jones. Talbot J. Taylor collection: furniture, wood carving, and other branches of the decorative arts. **$6. Putnam.
“This handsome volume, which contains 187 splendid illustrations, is designed to reveal to the world the decorative treasures hidden in Mr. Taylor’s house, Cedarhurst, Long Island. Talbot house, of which a photograph is given, is built in Elizabethan style, and is by no means pretentious, but its contents are invaluable. It would seem as if its owner had made a hobby of buying, not so much for the purposes of use as for ‘a collection.’... The house is especially rich in old carved woods, and in German and French furniture.”—Ath.
“This book will, therefore, be mainly of interest to collectors, who are not always the same as connoisseurs.”
+ Ath. 1906, 2: 308. S. 15. 120w. + + Ind. 61: 819. O. 4, ’06. 440w. Nation. 82: 510. Je. 21, ’06. 180w. + N. Y. Times. 11: 474. Jl. 28, ’06. 750w. Spec. 97: 136. Jl. 28, ’06. 80w.
Taylor, W. Purves. Practical cement testing. *$3. Clark, M. C.
A book for the expert or the novice which will increase the accuracy and simplify the routine of testing work. “With the exception of the chapter on ‘Classification and statistics’ and the one on ‘Cement manufacture,’ comprising together barely 30 pages, the entire book is devoted to the discussion and description of methods of cement testing. The tests considered are those employed in ordinary routine work to determine whether a particular shipment of cement is of a quality sufficiently good for construction work.” (Engin. N.)
“A unique book, which promises to be of great value to cement testers and to all others interested in seeing that cement conforms with the best standards of the day.”
+ + Engin. N. 55: 79. Ja. 18, 06. 1020w.