GEORGE H. ELLWANGER’S BOOKS.
THE GARDEN’S STORY; or, Pleasures and Trials of an Amateur Gardener. With Head and Tail Pieces by Rhead. 12mo. Cloth, extra, $1.50.
“One of the most charming books of the season.... This little volume, printed in excellent taste, is redolent of garden fragrance and garden wisdom.... It is in no sense a text-book, but it combines a vast deal of information with a great deal of out-of-door observation, and exceedingly pleasant and sympathetic writing about flowers and plants.”—Christian Union.
“This dainty nugget of horticultural lore treats of the pleasures and trials of an amateur gardener. From the time when daffodils begin to peer and the ‘secret of the year’ comes in to mid-October, Mr. Ellwanger provides an outline of hardy flower-gardening that can be carried on and worked upon by amateurs.... A little chapter on ‘Warm Weather Wisdom’ is a presentment of the cream of English literature. Nor is the information of this floral calendar confined to the literary or theoretical sides. ‘Plant thickly; it is easier and more profitable to raise flowers than weeds,’ is a practical direction from the garden syllabus.”—Philadelphia Public Ledger.
“A dainty, learned, charming, and delightful book.”—New York Sun.
“The book has the flavor of leisure and culture that belonged to such work in the last century, and its dainty form and attractive head and tail pieces add to its charm.”—San Francisco Chronicle.
THE STORY OF MY HOUSE. With an Etched Frontispiece by Sidney L. Smith, and numerous Head and Tail Pieces by W. C. Greenough. 12mo. Cloth, extra, $1.50.
“An essay on the building of a house, with all its kaleidoscopic possibilities in the way of reform, and its tantalizing successes before the fact, is always interesting; and the author is not niggardly in the good points he means to secure. It is but natural to follow these with a treatise on rugs full of Orientalism and enthusiasm; on the literary den and the caller, welcome or otherwise; on the cabinets of porcelain, the rare editions on the shelves, the briefly indicated details of the spoils of the chase in their proper place; on the greenhouse, with its curious climate and wonderful botany and odors, about which the author writes with unusual charm and precision; on the dining-room and the dinner.... The book aims only to be agreeable; its literary flavor is pervasive, its sentiment kept well in hand.”—New York Evening Post.
“When the really perfect book of its class comes to a critic’s hands, all the words he has used to describe fairly satisfactory ones are inadequate for his new purpose, and he feels inclined, as in this case, to stand aside and let the book speak for itself. In its own way, it would be hardly possible for this daintily printed volume to do better.”—Art Amateur.
IN GOLD AND SILVER. With many Illustrations. 16mo. Cloth, $2.00. Also, limited édition de luxe, on Japanese vellum, $5.00.