LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



" One great passion of my life was the dream of 

 a beautiful home "... F 



FACING PAGE 



"Just a nineteen-foot slit in a block of scorched 



mud with a brownstone veneer" . . 6 

 " A stately Colonial home two hundred years old " 8 

 "The Old Dominion steamer has an artistic little 



pier on the upper end of the lawn" . . 10 

 "In the high hills rise cool streams of fresh 



water to turn our mill-wheels" . .12 



"Its great hall" 14 



"The grass of the lawn rolls sheer into the 



dead line of the salt tide" . . . .16 



A friend from the barn 18 



"The oaks and elms I love best" .. . .20 

 "Through the shadows of the trees the waters 



gleam" 22 



The author at work in his cabin .... 24 

 "The drives in summer along the country roads 



are of surprising beauty" . . . .26 

 "The lawn is never quite bare" ... 28 

 "The dog is the most faithful, the most lovable, 



the most companionable of all the animals 



that associate with man" .... 30 



