The Pleasures of Bousebuilding. By J. Ford Mackenzie. (Routledgo.) —"
My aim," says the writer in his preface, "has been to carry the reader through the experiences and adventures of a couple of speculative amateurs, in their struggle to become the owners of legitimate house- property." Joshua Brown buys a "jerry-built houee " (" jorry-built " meaning, it would seem, built for sale and sale only), and has a groat part of it come down about his ears when he gives his " housewarming " party. The wiser Frank Martin goes to a Building Company with a "tenant-purchase" system, and ultimately becomes the owner of a comfortable and substantial house at a very moderate cost. The author is quite justified when he adds to the sentence which lute already been quoted that, "Interwoven with the story, the reader will find a good deal of useful Information." Every man, whatever his moans, is so much bettor off and happier for having a house of his own, that sound practical advice as to the best way of acquiring so valuable a possession is of great value. Mr. Mackenzie's modest little volume on "the pleasures of house- building" is a really neeful book.
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