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CONTENTS FOR FEBRK^RY^ 1913 



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A FaRxMHouse by the Roadside \ . . . /. Frontispiece 



The Restoration of an Eighteenth Century Farmhouse By Maty-H. Northend 39 



Making Friends With the Birds By Edgar Nesbitt 43 



Fox Hill Farmhouse at Radnor By Harold Donaldson Eberlein 46 



"Shore Rocks" By William T. Phillips 5 1 



The Proper Placing of Windows and the Design of the Casings 54-55 



Collectors' Department: 



Old Pewter By Helen N. Harrod 



The Home of a Veteran Collector By Henry F. Leighton 



The House Telephone By Henry Putnam Lewis 



Within the House: 



The Gentle Art of Doing Without By Harry Martin Yeomans 



Around the Garden: 



February and the Garden 



Starting Plants Indoors By F. F. Rockwell 



Helps to the Housewife: 



The Setting of the Table By Elizabeth Atwood 



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Collectors' Department 



New Books 



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The Editor's Notebook 



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