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.
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
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
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.—Château de Josselin, Morbihan, France: Façade on the Cour d'Honneur.—An Interior in the Château 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 Pennsylvania, Exeter, Eng.—Design for Board Schools. 27
METHODS OF REDUCING THE FIRE LOSS. 28
Agreement between Architect and Client.—Inspection of Buildings in New York.—A seeming Attempt to defraud an Architect.—Ventilating Wooden Columns.—Books on Water-color Painting. 30
We wonder whether every one who receives these first issues of theInternational Edition of the American Architect comprehends thesignificance of the step which we, with the kind support andappreciation of our subscribers, have ventured to take. How many ofthose who turn over our pages realize that this is by far the mostambitious and costly architectural periodical in the world, and that it