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A well-selected collection of foreign photographs has come to be as
necessary and invariable a feature in a well-equipped architect's
office as good drawing instruments or as Vignola's treatise on the
Roman Orders. But unfortunately a really satisfactory collection of
photographs is seldom within the reach of more than a small proportion
of the architects who could use them to advantage. This is partly on
account of the expense of a good collection, as photographs can hardly
be bought for less than twenty-five cents each, and partly on account
of the difficulty of finding a desirable stock from which to make
selections on this side of the Atlantic. Nearly all of the most
valuable collections have been gathered together abroad by the owners
and are the result of gradual accumulation, probably extending over
years of travel, and representing no small investment of money.

Such a collection, it is needless to say, is not within the grasp of