This practice in historical design we believe to be founded on sound theoretical principles. To regard a work of art as far as possible from the point-of-view of the artist is, indeed, the first principle of fair and intelligent criticism. To foster the individuality and personal initiative of a pupil by bringing authority to bear upon him in a way of correction at the end of his task, and guidance and suggestion at the beginning, rather than control during the course of the work, is the first principle of intelligent teaching. Moreover, the results, so far as we have gone, have justified the method. We have, indeed, employed it hitherto mainly as a matter of experiment when favorable circumstances have suggested it. But every year we use it to a greater and greater extent, and it is gradually acquiring a recognized place as an integral portion of our work. (_To be continued_.) Personal. Of the many fortunate ones who have come back to a winter of work after a summer abroad are Messrs. Claude F. Bragdon, Charles M. Sutton, and Howard Hatton, of Rochester. Messrs. Sutton and Hatton are now with J. Foster Warner. Mr. Bragdon has temporarily opened an office at 60 Trust Building, but will have offices in the new Cutler Building when completed. Mr. Wilson Eyre, Jr., of Philadelphia, has just finished designing a second formal garden, which is said to be delightfully un-American; and Mr. Frank Miles Day's Horticultural Hall is nearly ready to receive the mural coloring and allegorical painting which Mr. Joseph Lindon Smith is to execute. The latter will be a conspicuous departure from ordinarily accepted models. [Illustration: LXXXIV. Porch of Church at Beuvreil, Normandy.] The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration. PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY BATES & GUILD, 6 BEACON STREET, BOSTON, MASS. * * * * * Subscription Rates per year ... 50 cents, in advance. Special Club Rates for five subscriptions ... $2.00. * * * * * Entered at the Boston Post Office as Second-class Matter. SPECIAL NOTICE. Back numbers of THE BROCHURE SERIES _are not_ kept in stock. All subscriptions will be dated from the time received and subscribers who wish for the current numbers must place their subscriptions at once. A hundred photographs are published in twelve issues of THE BROCHURE SERIES. You may get some duplicates, but the new ones will be well worth a subscription at fifty cents. _This is addressed to non-subscribers._ * * * * *