As a writer of short fiction for adults, Louisa Molesworth is little known, her accomplishments in this genre greatly overshadowed by her fame as a writer for children. Of the 101 books she published, only a handful are for adults: several novels and col...
In an occasional look at the season's gift books, reviewer Nancy L. Ross illuminates two aspects of the decorative arts. FABRICS Caroline Lebeau, Jacques Dirand and Patricia Corbett Clarkson Potter Publishers, 224 pp., $55 A literary rijsttafel describes this European collaboration. Like the...
If you've read any of the Idea House features that appeared in our August 1992 through August 1998 issues, you've enjoyed the design work of Mary McWilliams, our former Director of Interior Design. Mary Mac, as we like to call her, has put down...