28 JULY 1906, Page 25

The Small House: its Architecture and Surroundings. By Arthur Martin.

(Alston Rivers. 2s. net.)—Here is another con- tribution to the art of building cheap and serviceable houses. It is not the cottage, this time, which is in view, but the dwelling of the middle class. The cost of the houses illustrated in this volume varies between .280 and .2120 per room. We cannot deal with the subject in detail, but we may venture to commend the sound sense of Mr. Martin's suggestions as to windows. But the whole book, as far as we are able to judge, is reasonable and practical.