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  CONTENTS 
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  1907 
  

  

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  "Wittenberg 
  Park" 
  — 
  The 
  Streams 
  of 
  Pure 
  Water 
  242 
  

  

  Monthly 
  Comment 
  244 
  

  

  "Wittenberg 
  Park" 
  — 
  A 
  Summer 
  Camping 
  Colony 
  in 
  the 
  Heart 
  of 
  the 
  Catskills. 
  

  

  By 
  Walter 
  Douglas 
  245 
  

  

  A 
  Boy's 
  Summer 
  Camp 
  By 
  Phebe 
  Westcott 
  Humphreys 
  250 
  

  

  Three 
  Inexpensive 
  Log 
  Bungalows 
  By 
  Joseph 
  Darlington 
  254 
  

  

  Old 
  Farmington 
  By 
  Francis 
  Durando 
  Nichols 
  257 
  

  

  House-Boating 
  in 
  America 
  By 
  Albert 
  Bradlee 
  Hunt 
  267 
  

  

  The 
  Choice 
  of 
  a 
  Dog 
  By 
  Hugo 
  Erichsen 
  276 
  

  

  Household 
  Ventilation 
  By 
  Ralph 
  Adams 
  Blake 
  280 
  

  

  Garden 
  Work 
  for 
  July. 
  

  

  Vines 
  for 
  Pergolas 
  and 
  Arbors. 
  

  

  The 
  Plum 
  as 
  a 
  Suburban 
  Fruit. 
  

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