PREFACE.
Reading edition
Some time ago I published a reprint of two of my articles with illustrations which had appeared in “The Building News.”
This little publication, though long out of print, being still constantly asked for; and the need of something to take its place being felt by us; the question of re-issuing it arose. Instead of doing this, however, it seemed better, as being a later and fuller expression, to collect two or three of the lectures which my partner and I had from time to time written for various audiences; and to add by way of illustration some of the sketches and photographs we had by us.
So came into existence this book in its present form.
BARRY PARKER, The Quadrant, Buxton, 1901.
CONTENTS OF THIS BOOK. Page.
Introduction I-VI
I. Of the Smaller Middle Class House 1
Barry Parker.
II. Of the Dignity of All True Art 21
Barry Parker.
III. Of our Education in Art 37
Barry Parker.
IV. Of Art and Simplicity 55
Raymond Unwin.
V. Of Furniture 69
Barry Parker and Raymond Unwin.
VI. Of Building and Natural Beauty 83
Raymond Unwin.
VII. Of Co-operation in Building 91
Raymond Unwin.
VIII. Of the Art of Designing Small Houses and Cottages 109
Barry Parker and Raymond Unwin.
List of Plates and Plates at the end. 136