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HOMES,
AND HOW TO MAKE THEM.
E.C. GARDNER.

Illustrated.
BOSTON:
JAMES R. OSGOOD AND COMPANY,

LATE TICKNOR & FIELDS, AND FIELDS, OSGOOD, & CO.
1875.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1874,
BY JAMES R. OSGOOD & CO.,
in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
UNIVERSITY PRESS: WELCH, BIGELOW, & Co., CAMBRIDGE.

PREFACE.

These letters between the architect and his friends are composed of hints and suggestions relating to the
building of homes. Their aim is to give practical information to those about to build, and to strengthen the
growing demand for better and truer work.

Even those who are not yet ready to build for themselves are seldom without an instinctive longing to do so at
some future time, and a lively concern in the present achievements of their friends and neighbors, in this
direction. Such will, I trust, find something interesting and instructive in these pages, and be moved thereby to
a more cordial hatred of whatever is false and useless, and love for the simple and true.

E.C.G.
SPRINGFIELD, March, 1874.
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CONTENTS.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
PREFACE.
LETTER I. EVERY MAN SHOULD HAVE A HOME
LETTER II. A GRATEFUL CLIENT
LETTER III. THE BEAUTY OF TRUTH AND UTILITY
LETTER IV. PROFESSIONAL FOLLY
LETTER V. BUILDING-SITES AND FOUNDATION-WALLS
LETTER VI. GRAVEL-BANKS AND QUAGMIRES
LETTER VII. NATURE'S BRICKS ARE BETTER THAN OURS
LETTER VIII. THERE IS A SOFT SIDE EVEN TO A STONE WALL
LETTER IX. A BROAD HOUSE IS BETTER THAN A HIGH ONE
LETTER X. TROUT BROOKS ARE BETTER THAN STREET SEWERS
LETTER XI. THE STRENGTH AND DURABILITY OF BRICK
LETTER XII. THE WEAKNESS AND SHAM OF BRICKWORK
LETTER XIII. SKILL DIGNIFIES THE MOST HUMBLE MATERIAL
LETTER XIV. EVERY MAN TO HIS TRADE
LETTER XV. THE COMING HOUSE WILL BE FAIR TO SEE AND MADE OF BRICK
LETTER XVI. DOMESTIC DISCIPLINE
LETTER XVII. GOOD TASTE IS NOT A FOE BUT A FRIEND TO ECONOMY
LETTER XVIII. OUR PICTURESQUE ANCESTORS
LETTER XIX. THE USE AND THE ABUSE OF WOOD
LETTER XX. A SURRENDER AND CHANGE OF BASE

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LETTER XXI. HOSPITALITY AND SUNLIGHT
LETTER XXII. UNPROFESSIONAL SAGACITY
LETTER XXIII. STAIRWAYS AND OUTLOOKS
LETTER XXIV. IN A MULTITUDE OF COUNSELLORS IS SAFETY
LETTER XXV. DOORS AND SLIDING-DOORS, WINDOWS AND BAY-WINDOWS
LETTER XXVI. EXPERIENCE KEEPS A DEAR SCHOOL
LETTER XXVII. FASHION AND ORNAMENT, HARD WOOD AND PAINT
LETTER XXVIII. THOUGHT PROVOKES INQUIRY
LETTER XXIX. CONSISTENCY, COMFORT, AND CARPETS
LETTER XXX. AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND ARCHITECTURE, POTATOES AND POSTSCRIPTS
LETTER XXXI. DOMESTIC-SERVICE REFORM
LETTER XXXII. GO TO; LET US BUILD A TOWER
LETTER XXXIII. BASEMENTS AND BALCONIES
LETTER XXXIV. FOUR ROOMS ENOUGH
LETTER XXXV. CONVENIENCES AND CONJECTURES
LETTER XXXVI. THE LESSON OF THE ICE-HOUSE
LETTER XXXVII. SHINGLES, SUNSHINE, AND FRESH AIR
LETTER XXXVIII. WHERE THE DOCTORS DIFFER
LETTER XXXIX. HOW TO DO IT
LETTER XL. THE BREATH OF LIFE
LETTER XLI. ETERNAL VIGILANCE
LETTER XLII. SAVED BY CONSCIENCE
LETTER XLIII. FINAL AND PERSONAL
BY WAY OF APPENDIX.

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