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CONTENTS FOR JANUARY, 1913 



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The Small House to be Furnished .-^J ..• .Frontispiece 



A Practical Treatment of an Abandoned Farmhouse By Mary H. Northend 3 



The Cost of Furnishing a Small House By Ida J. Burgess 8 



The Peerless Begonia By F. F. Rockwell 13 



Krisheim Cottage at St. Martins By Harold Donaldson Eberlein 15 



Balconies as Architectural Features 18-19 



A Long Island Farmhouse By Edward M. Thurston 20 



A New Jersey House and Garden By William T. Phillips 23 



Samplers of the Other Days By Elizabeth L. Gehhard 



The House Dog By T. C. Turner 



Within the House — The Decoration Value of Mirrors By Harry Martin Yeomans 



Around the Garden — The New Year 



Helps to the Housewife — New Year's Resolutions By Elizabeth Atwood 



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Nests and Perches 



New Books 



The Editor's Notebook 





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CHARLES ALLEN MUNN 

 President 



MUNN & CO., Inc. 



Publishers 



361 Broadway, New York 



FREDERICK CONVERSE BEACH 

 Secretary and Treasurer 



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Copyright 1912 by Munn fit Co., Inc. Registered in United States Patent Office. Entered as second-class matter June 15, 1905, at the Post Office at New York, N. Y„ 

 under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. The Editor will be pleased to consider all contributions, but "American Homes and Gardens" will not hold itself 



responsible for manuscripts and photographs submitted 



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