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 GARDENS OF THE GREAT MUGHALS

BY,

C. M. VILLIERS STUART

Containing 40 full-page Illustrations, 16 of them in Colour, also 8 Ground Plans

Demy 8vo PRICE 6 / = NET Bound in Cloth . (By post, 6/9)

The Times, 11th December 1913.—‘ At o time when the knowledge and art of gardening have made such rapid advances, and when, as the author says, a golden opportunity of reviving the art in India presents itself in the building of the new capital at Delhi, a book on the gardens of India must have great interest, both to the general public and the specialist. Mrs. Villiers Stuart is to be congratulated on having seized the occasion and on having produced a most attractive and interesting book,. . . This book is we}i worth readinz, not only by those who know India and love gardens, but by all students and practical workers who would understand the relation and interdependence of the two crafts of architecture and gardening.”

Westminster Gazette, 3rd January 1914.—‘‘ India abounds in beautiful gardens... .. Mrs. Villiers Stuart haa journeyed through India seeking them out, and this charming book is the result of her pilgrimage. . . . One of the most delightful chapters describes the garden of Pinjor, on the road from Umballa to Kalka, on the way up to Simla, To read this chapter is to add to the regrets for things passed by unseen, which one bringa away from India, Why did no one tell us of it? There is something in the atmosphera of India which makes the English residents there curiously apathetic to its monuments and natural beauties, a real loss, for it prevents them from realising the true character of the civilisation they are dealing with, Mrs, Villiera Stuart will, we hope, incite other of her countrymen and women to similar studies, and induce more of them to spend a little of the leave in exploring India.”

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