x PREFACE 



But when it became evident that the old articles of cot- 

 tage furniture and equipment were being dispersed, I lost 

 no opportunity, chiefly at country sales, of securing things 

 that might be considered typical. These articles, with 

 others of a like nature lent by friends, form the subjects of 

 the greater number of the illustrations. 



(jr. J . 



