The Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted: The Last Great Projects 1890-1895

March 17, 2015 By John E. Riutta in Newly Noted Books Tags: book, History, hopkins, johns, landscape, News, olmsted, papers, parks, press, university

Not long ago I reported that Frederick Law Olmsted: Plans and Views of Public Parks was soon to be published by Johns Hopkins University Press. However in doing so I neglected also to mention the recent publication by this same publisher of the ninth volume in their definitive series cataloging Olmsted’s papers: The Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted: The Last Great Projects, 1890-1895, edited by David Schuyler, Gregory Kaliss, and Jeffrey Schlossberg.

While the Papers series volumes are admittedly a bit on the expensive side, the excellence of the scholarship behind them as well as their comprehensiveness is indisputable. Needless to say, those deeply interested in the works of Olmsted would be remiss indeed not to at least consider the acquisition of these volumes for their respective permanent collections.

John E. Riutta

Founder and publisher of The Well-read Naturalist. Inveterate autodidact. Has repeatedly been found out standing in many fields. Plays well with otters.

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