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  CONTENTS 
  FOR 
  JANUARY, 
  1907 
  

  

  PAGE 
  

  

  'The 
  Blow 
  by 
  the 
  Sea" 
  2 
  

  

  Monthly 
  Comment 
  4 
  

  

  Notable 
  American 
  Homes 
  — 
  "The 
  Blow 
  by 
  the 
  Sea" 
  — 
  the 
  Italian 
  Villa 
  of 
  John 
  W. 
  McDon- 
  

   ald, 
  Esq., 
  at 
  Monmouth 
  Beach, 
  New 
  Jeresy 
  By 
  Tomaso 
  Cambiaso 
  5 
  

  

  Three 
  Types 
  of 
  Houses 
  By 
  Francis 
  Durando 
  Nichols 
  10 
  

  

  "Kings 
  Cote" 
  — 
  A 
  House 
  Built 
  for 
  George 
  J. 
  Gould, 
  Esq., 
  Lakewood, 
  New 
  Jersey. 
  

  

  By 
  Burr 
  Bartram 
  13 
  

   The 
  Residence 
  of 
  Winthrop 
  Sargent, 
  Esq., 
  Haverford, 
  Pennsylvania. 
  

  

  By 
  Paul 
  Thurston 
  1 
  6 
  

  

  Hints 
  About 
  Shrubs 
  By 
  E. 
  P. 
  Pouell 
  20 
  

  

  Some 
  Notable 
  Collections 
  of 
  Old 
  Blue 
  Staffordshire 
  China. 
  .By 
  Alexander 
  M. 
  Hudnut 
  21 
  

  

  Some 
  Novel 
  Uses 
  of 
  Electricity 
  28 
  

  

  The 
  Public 
  Value 
  of 
  the 
  Private 
  Garden 
  30 
  

  

  Make-Believe 
  Flowers 
  By 
  S. 
  Leonard 
  Bastin 
  3 
  1 
  

  

  The 
  Question 
  of 
  the 
  Fireplace 
  By 
  John 
  A. 
  Gade 
  33 
  

  

  A 
  True 
  Country 
  Home 
  By 
  Edzvard 
  Watts 
  38 
  

  

  Preserving 
  the 
  Eggs 
  By 
  A. 
  S. 
  Atkinson 
  40 
  

  

  January 
  Work 
  

   High 
  Bred 
  Turkeys 
  for 
  the 
  Country 
  Home 
  

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  Books 
  

  

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  [Copyright, 
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