AMERICAN 



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CONTENTS FOR DECEMBER, 1908 



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Morning Shadows and Reflections 45 6 



Monthly Comment • 45 8 



Notable American Homes — The Home of Lieut.-Governor Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler, at 



Tuxedo, New York By Barr Ferree 459 



Old-time Latches and Knockers By Mary H. Northend 466 



A House at New Haven, Connecticut By Charles Chauncey 469 



A Novel Idea in Decorative Windows . .By Dorothy Sythe 472 



Shall We Hire an Architect? 473 



Vines for Window Boxes, Vases and Baskets By Ida D. Bennett 474 



"Indian Hill" By Esther Singleton 475 



The Weaving of Norwegian Tapestry in America By Mabel Tuke Priestman 482 



House Built for F. Murray Forbes, Esq., Wellesley, Massachusetts. 



By Francis Durando Nichols 485 



A Problem in Sanitation By Lewis W. Hine 489 



The Summer Home of Mrs. C. J. Mills, Bridgehampton, Long Island. 



By Paid Thurston 492 

 Correspondence : 



Problems in Home Furnishing By Alice M. Kellogg 494 



Garden Work About the Home , i .By Charles Downing Lay 494 



Winter Farming 



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