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Title: The American Architect and Building News, Vol. 27, No. 733, January 11, 1890

Author: Various

Release Date: March 11, 2005 [EBook #15322]

Language: English

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THE AMERICAN ARCHITECT AND BUILDING NEWS.

VOL. XXVII. Copyright, 1890, by Ticknor & Company, Boston, Mass. No 733.

Entered at the Post-Office at Boston as second-class matter.

JANUARY 11, 1890.

[Illustration: CONTENTS]

SUMMARY:--

Our International Edition and the Support it would receive Abroad
and should receive Here.--The Influence of Architectural Journals
on the Reputations of Architects.--Probable Irregularity in
Publication.--Death of Mr. Charles Keely, Architect.--The Movement
to abolish the Tariff on Works of Art.--The Borrowing of Fire
Engines as it affects Insurance.--The Duke of Brunswick's Monument
at Geneva.--An Opening for Architects in Spanish America. 17

CIVIL AND DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE.--I. 19

LETTER FROM PARIS. 21

LOSS OF POWER BY RADIATION OF HEAT. 22

THE COST OF A SMALL MUSEUM. 23

SANITARY ENTOMBMENT: THE IDEAL DISPOSITION OF THE DEAD. 24

THE VERPLANCK HOMESTEAD, FISHKILL, N.Y. 26

ELECTRICITY'S VICTIMS IN EUROPE. 27

ILLUSTRATIONS:--

House of G.M. Smith, Esq., Providence, R.I.--The Cathedral of St.
Machar, Aberdeen.--Monument in the South Transept of the Cathedral,
Aberdeen, Scotland.--The Hotel de Soto, Savannah, Ga.--Memorial
Church of the Angels, Los Angeles, Cal.--St. Augustine's Roman
Catholic Church Buildings, Brooklyn, N.Y.--Chateau de Josselin,
Morbihan, France: Facade on the Cour d'Honneur.--An Interior in the
Chateau de Josselin, Morbihan, France.--Two Views of the House of
Mrs. Consino, Santiago, Chili.--Design for Church of the Good
Shepherd, Gospel Oak, London, N.W., Eng.--Butler's Wood,
Chislehurst, Eng.--House at