The Country House 



in the rural districts. Another consideration in the glass division of the window, 

 and one of great importance, is to arrange the horizontal divisions in such a 

 manner that sitting or standing near the opening the vision is not obstructed 



by them. This may 

 require some en- 

 gineering on the 

 part of the designer, 

 but it is well worth 

 the while. The 

 principal difficulty 

 comes from the 

 difference i n the 

 height of different 

 people. The very 

 small panes of the 

 early colonies are 

 rather inconvenient 

 in this; besides, they 

 .IK' hard to clean. 

 The medium-sized 

 glass is better, and 

 if the lower sash is 

 not divided at all 

 in its height, the 

 problem is simple. 

 It is always annoy- 

 ing when standing 

 at a window to be 

 obliged to dance up 

 and down in order 

 to see out of it. 



To some tastes 

 CML large plate glass 

 seems to be the only 

 desirable thing. To 

 be sure, one gets 



Entrance motive to house at Cambridge, Mass. The recessed windows above give added i j 



space to the balcony. The side lights below are rich and simple 



view, but replacing 



it is expensive and often inconvenient, especially if one's workman and 

 material have to come from a distance. Then, too, some may object that 

 a large plate lets in too much of the out of doors. Surely the lines of 

 the room are in a measure destroyed by it, whereas the smaller panes 

 tend to their preservation and to give the outside view the effect of a 

 decoration. Further, if we get all the effect of the outside from the more 

 or less close confines of the interior, there is less incentive to stir out of 

 doors. As anything which tends to destroy the harmony of the general 



