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Old door-knocker from Goldsboro, Me. 

 Pool and Casino at the Falkner Farm, Brookline, Mass. 

 Charles H. Platt, architect .... 



House at Bronxville, N. Y. . 



Residence of Mrs. Elizabeth O. T. McKay 



Old Nichols's doorway and gates at Salem, Mass. 



Porch in the style of French half-timber work 



A modern hallway ...... 



An Italian jar ....... 



House on the "North Shore," Mass. 



Facing Chapter I. Entrance Gates to "Maxwell Court" 



HEADING, CHAPTER I. The Maine hill country 



A California avenue of palms .... 



The old Royal House, Medford, Mass. . 



A bit of the Berkshire Hills ..... 



A summer cottage at Boothbay, Me. 



The lodge at "Yaddo," Saratoga . . . . 



An estate on the Hudson River .... 



Looking across Newfound Lake, N. H. . . 



The Orchard House, Concord, Mass. . . . 



A site in Roxbury, Mass. ..... 



A California vineyard . . . . . . 



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. Front lining 



Half title 



Frontispiece 



Title page 



Dedication 



Preface 



Contents 



List of Illustrations 



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