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The House of A. C. Bartlett, Esq.: The Studio End of the Courtyard 336 



Monthly Comment 338 



Notable American Homes — The House of A. C. Bartlett, Esq., Lake Geneva, Wis- 

 consin By Barr Ferree 339 



Raffia in the Normal School By Mary H. Northend 346 



The Endicott Garden at Danvers, Massachusetts By Sarah May Louder 349 



A French Rhea and Cassowary Farm By Jacques Boyer 352 



A Flock of Highland Sheep Homeward Bound 354 



A Residential Park Near Philadelphia — "Stoke Pogis," at Villanova, Pennsylvania. 



By Ralph de Martin 356 



The Bark Cabin — Durable, Attractive and Inexpensive Summer Homes. 



By Dorothy Sythe 367 



"The Terraces" — The Summer Residence of Edward Vassallo Hartford, at Deal, New 



Jersey By Francis Durando Nichols 369 



Correspondence: 



Problems in Home Furnishing By Alice M. Kellogg 374 



Garden Work About the Home By Charles Downing Lay 374 



A Home Orchard. 



The Garden's Afterglow of Fall Flowers. 



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