er material for publication a difficult
task. Consequently suggestions or criticisms which may lead to its
improvement in any particular will be welcome.

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The design used for the cover of THE BROCHURE SERIES is the result of a
competition in which twenty-three drawings were submitted, and is the
work of Charles Edward Hooper of 250 West 14th Street, New York. The
other competitors, whose designs were all of a high order of excellence,
were: J. Mills Platt, Charles S. King, Francis S. Swales, Edwin S.
Gordon, Fred A. Miller, J.F. Strobel, Jr., George E. Roberts, of
Rochester, N.Y.; G.H. Ingraham, E.P. Dana, F.H. Hutchins, C.E. Patch, of
Boston; J.W. Cinder, W.B. Papin, H.G. Helmerichs, of St. Louis; Louis E.
La Baume, H.H. Braun, of New York City; and Stephen W. Dodge, of
Brooklyn.

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Following out the general plan adopted in the first two issues, which,
contrary to the expectation of the publishers, has proved even so soon
an important feature of the magazine, the illustrations in the next two
numbers will be made up of related subjects. The March number will have
a collection of capitals (Byzantine and Romanesque) from Ravenna and
Palermo, and the April number eight windows from Apulia, of the same
general character as the doorways in the present number.

#Hints to Draughtsmen.#

Architectural students and draughtsmen will find the series of papers
begun in the Feb. 16 number of the _American Architect_, entitled "Hints
to Art Students on Travelling Abroad," filled with valuable suggestions.
The writer of these papers is Mr. J.W. Case, the latest of the Rotch
scholars returned. In the first paper Mr. Case points out the
desirability of preparatory training in academic design, drawing,
modelling, etc., and a knowledge of architectural history and of the
French language in order that the student may make the best use of the
opportunities open to him. He continues with a number of useful hints
upon the best methods to pursue in gaining this preparatory training.

[Illustration: XIII. The Principal Doorway to the Basilica at Altamura,
Italy.]

The second paper is devoted to practical suggestions of such immediate
value that it is worth while to quote a portion of them in full:--

"To get the most good out of a trip, one should be prepared to work in
all sorts of ways,--to make measured drawings, sketches, color notes,
squee