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AMERICAN 



HOMES AND GARDENS 



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CONTENTS FOR DECEMBER, 1905 



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 A Gateway of the Estate of Mr. Spencer Trask at Saratoga, New York cover 



The Stone Tower and the Bridge — " Glenn Elsinore " 366 



Monthly Comment 368 



Notable American Homes — " Yaddo ' By Charles de K. Wentworth 369 



The Kitchenette 377 



The House of James Imbrie, Esq 378 



The Summer Home of Edward S. Grew, Esq 380 



The Home of Prof. H. A. Garfield 384 



The Household: Mixed Furnishings 386 



Helps to Home Building: The Persons Concerned 387 



" Windemere," the Summer Home of W. O. Underwood, Esq 388 



The Sand Box By Ida D. Bennett 390 



Applique on Inexpensive' Materials By Mabel Take Priestman 391 



Principles of Home Decoration: IV. — The Withdrawing-Room . . . By Joy Wheeler Dow 393 



The Sea of Salton By Charles F. Holder 397 



The Adventures of a Woman Who Hunts Big Game in the West. .By Myra Emmons 400 



Science for the Home: Winter Sanitation — Fires in Country Homes 403 



The Garden: The Garden Month by Month (December) — Winter Work 404 



Civic Betterment : Private Work for the Public Good — Public Sport 405 



The Observer's Note-Book: Architects, Old and New 406 



Index to American Homes and Gardens, Volume I., July to December, 1905 427 



The Home Telephone. 



Correspondence. 



Fifty Suggestions for the House. 



New Books. 



Publishers' Department. 



New Building Patents. 



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