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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



December, 1908 



complicated by a 

 number of unusual 

 and individual con- 

 ditions. The house 

 was not only in a 

 wilderness, but ac- 

 tually a-top a preci- 

 pice; it had to be 

 not only a habitable 

 dwelling, but one in 

 which these condi- 

 tions must be corre- 

 lated to each other. 

 They have been met 

 in an extremely 

 happy manner. The 

 house is actually in 

 a clearing in the 

 woods that is suffi- 

 ciently ample to give 

 it full individuality. 

 The forecourt is 

 simply the end of 

 the road that runs 

 directly into it. Two 

 sides, in front and 

 on the left, are 

 bounded by the 

 house, while a 

 branch of the road 

 on the left conducts 

 to the service yard 

 and beyond to the 

 conservatory, which 

 is quite hidden from 

 the main entrance. 

 On the right, before 

 the drawing-room 



Rocky steps to the summer-house 



windows, is a square 

 of lawn, raised 

 somewhat above the 

 level and supported 

 by a low wall of 

 rough stone. A 

 square vase stands 

 at the steps which 

 lead up to it, 

 and some slender 

 trees on the outer 

 margin yield an 

 agreeable shade. 

 The further edge of 

 the lawn is imme- 

 diately at the crown 

 of the precipice 

 above which the 

 house stands. Its 

 steep side is densely 

 wooded, and the 

 bottom of the de- 

 clivity is well nigh 

 out of sight. There 

 is another flight of 

 steps here, a long 

 descent of a hun- 

 dred, by which the 

 road far below may 

 be reached. It is a 

 picturesque scramble 

 either way you take 

 it, down or up. 



Over the front 

 door is a Latin in- 

 scription, suggested 

 by Mr. Sturgis, 

 from Isaiah xxxv, 



The garden porch from which the hillside beauty may be seen 



