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By WILLIAM S. B. DANA 



THIS book tells the story of the Chalet in Switzerland, its 

 history, evolution and construction. It is picturesque 

 as well as instructive and is replete with illustrations 

 and diagrams, sections and plans. The author has not 

 neglected the Swiss Chalet in America and tells the reader 

 of the use that has been made of Chalet forms in California, 

 accompanying his text with attractive pictures. 



Table of Contents 



Chapter I. — Switzerland Visited ; Swiss Architects and 

 Builders. II. — Construction Details; Granary Construction ; 

 Examples of Modern and Older Chalets. III. — The Chalet 

 Skeleton; Basis of Ornament; Small Chalets. IV. — Balcony 

 and Gable Construction ; Doors, Windows; some Classic and 

 Modern Chalets. V. — TheChalet Facade; Window Disposi- 

 tion ; Plans and Elevations. VI.— The Chalet Facade ; Sys- 

 tem of Ornamentation. VII. — The Chalet Interior ; Planning, 

 Plans and Elevations. VIII. — The Chalet Interior; Interior 

 Decoration ; Furniture. IX. — Adaptation of Swiss Chalet in 

 other Countries ; American Adaptations. Bibliography. 



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ANCIENT HIGHWAYS 



MR. L. W. PAGE, in ' Roads, Paths 

 and Bridges," tells of the stone- 

 surfaced roads found in Egypt, built 

 thousands of years ago, of massive stone 

 blocks, in some places ten feet thick. 

 It was over such a substantial road as 

 this that the stones used in the construc- 

 tion of the great Pyramids were hauled. 

 Egypt is not the only land possessing 

 relics of early road-building. Babylon, 

 the city of hanging gardens and great 

 walls, at a very early date developed a 

 high state of civilization, and Semiramis, 

 its great queen, was an enthusiastic road- 

 builder. It is at this period that we find 

 what is probably the first use of stone 

 in bridge-building. The two portions of 

 the city were joined by a bridge across 

 the Euphrates. 



At that period, more than two thousand 

 years before Christ, asphalt was used in- 

 stead of mortar in constructing the vast 

 walls around the city. Commerce flour- 

 ished, and great highways radiated to all 

 the principal cities of the world then 

 known. It is said that a highway 400 

 miles long, and paved with brick set in. 

 a mortar of asphaltum, connected Nine- 

 veh and Babylon. 



It was left to the Carthaginians to be- 

 come instructors to the world in the art 

 of road-building. Carthage is given the 

 credit of having demonstrated to the 

 world the strategic and economic value 

 of improved roads. But for a splendid 

 system of highways, which permitted an 

 easy means of communication with all 

 parts of her domains, she never could 

 have reached the heights she attained, 

 either in commerce or war. 



EDUCATION AND WOMEN IN 

 JAPAN 



IN his "Fifty Years of New Japan," Count 

 Okuma said of the Women's University 

 of Japan: "It may be said to be built on 

 the principle of the equality of the sexes 

 and equal education for men and women. 

 The courses of study are so arranged as to 

 be in full accord with the political and 

 social conditions of the country, as well as 

 with the peculiar characteristics of our 

 women." This institution was founded at 

 Tokio eleven years ago by a Japanese Chris- 

 tian, Mr. Naruse, who visited American 

 colleges for women to get information as to 

 the practical outworking of his idea for the 

 higher education of women. The aim of 

 the university is further set forth as being 

 "to educate woman, regarding her as a 

 member of state, society, and also as a sex. 

 It is intended to inculcate in her the spirit 

 of self-respect and confidence, and to de- 

 velop and cultivate her various characteris- 

 tics as a woman," it being planned also to 

 add ideas and thoughts imported from the 

 west which will enable her to "become a 

 useful member of society, apart from being 

 queen of the household." Some of_ the 

 other schools for women in Japan are listed 

 as "a women's commercial school, a wom- 

 en's fine arts school, women's department 

 of the school of photography, and a wom- 

 en's sewing and tailoring school." Educa- 

 tionally, women may be fairly said to be 

 making great strides in Cherry-blossom 

 Land. Politically, their case seems more 

 doubtful. On the law-books it has been 

 virtually remade, many new statutes being 

 recorded in their favor, but westerners get 

 the impression sometimes that the law on 

 the book is merely for show, and that the 

 Tapanese woman who should try to reap 

 her nominal rights under them would soon 

 find out just how nominal they are. 



