REFACE r> 



"T is said that a man must needs build three 

 houses before he will have one to suit him. It 

 is the purpose of this work to forewarn him of some 

 of the actual difficulties, that he may avoid the 

 aforesaid expensive preliminaries, and to suggest 

 such various points as are apt to escape his notice 

 in the scheming and laying out of the country house. 

 In preparing this work the author is indebted 

 to many men of professional standing who have 

 kindly offered their help and suggestions, to the 

 many owners who have allowed their houses to be photographed, and to the following 

 works, which may well be consulted by the reader if he should desire to investigate 

 the subject more deeply: 



"Building Superintendence," by T. M. Clark; "Building Construction and 

 Superintendence," by F. E. Kidder; "Construction Details," by F. W. Chandler; 

 "Details of Building Construction," by Clarence A. Martin; "A Dictionary of Archi- 

 tecture and Building," by Russell Sturgis; "The Decoration of Houses," by Edith 

 Wharton and Ogden Codman, Jr.; "American Sanitary Plumbing," by James J. 

 Lawler ; " Plumbing Simplified," by Wm. Paul Gerhard, C.E. ; " Hot- Water Heating, 

 Steam and Gas Fitting," by James J. Lawler; "Heating and Ventilation of Resi- 

 dences," by James R. Willett; "An Outline gf Ventilation and Warming," by James 

 Baldwin; "Principles of Ventilation and Heating," by John Shaw Billings; "Heating 

 and Ventilating Buildings," by Prof. R. C. Carpenter; "The Disposal of Sewerage 

 of Isolated Country Houses," by Wm. Paul Gerhard, C.E.; "House Drainage and 

 Water Service," by James C. Bayles; "Water and Water Supply," by W. N. Corfield, 

 M.D.; "Sinking and Boring Wells," by Ernest Spon; "Water Supply Engineering," 

 by A. Prescott Folwell; "Modern Methods of Sewerage Disposal," by Geo. E. 

 Waring, Jr., M. Inst. C.E.; "Munns' Practical Land Drainer"; "The Private 

 Stable," by J. A. Garland; "Poultry and Pigeons," by Hugh Piper; "European and 

 Japanese Gardens," published by Coates; The Architectural Review; The Brochure 

 Series of Architectural Illustrations ; Country Life in America. 



The author is further indebted to Mr. E. E. Soderholtz for his collaboration in 

 the procuring and selecting of photographic material, as well as for many valuable 

 suggestions. His expertness in photography and understanding of architecture have 

 served this volume well. 



It is regretted that, in some instances, it has been so extremely difficult to 

 discover the architects and owners of certain examples that the author has been 

 obliged to omit the credit which would otherwise have been given. 



