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of squared edges. The lofty, clear glass, English leaded windows on 

 the west about fourteen feet high have centred in their upper panes 

 a color design. At this end of the room a quaint little stair leads 

 to a mezzanine floor fitted up as a reading or writing den. When 

 the stair casement bay window on the north above the bookcases is 

 swung open, one views the conservatory, which forms a portion of 

 the south side of the library, and from the library the second story 

 beamed corridors. With casements closed and drawn draperies over 

 the stained leaded glass, each room is completely separated, but when 

 open extended vistas are disclosed. 



Electric Fountain. 



A fountained conservatory leading from the library is roofed 

 on the south with wood instead of glass, to avoid damage, prevent 

 glare on second story windows, and give a cooler room. All upper 

 lights of the nine windows that front the south are leaded, and orna- 

 mented with delicate tracery. A low glass-roofed greenhouse is an 

 essential feeder if one wishes profuse bloom in a wooden roofed 

 conservatory. 



The white tile floor, thoroughly drained, is a restful contrast 

 with the green of the plants. In the centre is an electric fountain, 

 and on each side of the entrance are heavy Ionic-capped columns, 

 while the side wall of the library the entire width of the room above 

 the conservatory arch is of leaded glass, the design a sylvan forest 

 scene, the inward view, birds, flowers and fronds, stirred by the 

 splashing, electrically illuminated fountain; the outward Long Island 

 Sound. 



A Balanced World. 



In a corner of the conservatory was an aquatic wardian case 

 consisting of a glass jar covered with a pane of glass and fairly air- 

 tight, its contents water, algae from the brookside, and minute animal 

 life. In this ad infinitum world were carried on year after year 

 the processes of being. In a sense the same water, the same plant, 

 the same insect, life and death and life again, an everlasting world 

 within a world. 



Kitchen. 



On the main floor is the kitchen, with floor and side walls white 

 tiled. A separate galley, in which the glass-hooded range fitted with 

 electric chimney fan, makes the main kitchen comfortable even in 

 the hottest weather. 



Windows overlooking the front door are set overhead close 

 to ceiling and with the addition of a skylight give pure air and a 

 cooler kitchen. 



