AMERICAN 



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CONTENTS FOR NOVEMBER, 1907 



1^ - . PAGE 



The Entrance Door of "Westover" on the James River 402 



Monthly Comment ^ . 1 . . 404 



Notable American Homes — "Brick House," the Home of Anson Phelps Stokes, Esq., 



Noroton, Connecticut By Barr Ferree 405 



A Small Successful Summer Home By John Maylor 411 



Materials for Wall Coverings 413 



Historic Mansions of the James River. — III. — "Westover," the Ancestral Home of the 



Byrds, Now the Ramsay Homestead By Francis Durando Nichols .4^1^ 



A North Shore Garden at Manchester-by-t he-Sea By Mary H. Northend 419 



Crowns, Friezes and Borders By F. Maude Smith 422 



A Half-Timbered and Stucco House By John Mair 424 



Flowers for House and Table Decorations By I. M. Angell 426 



Art Schools for Women IN THE Open Air By fr. C. Fitz-Gerald 428 



The Birth of the Wheat By Percy Collins 431 



What is a Fireproof House? 433 



Dynamite on the Farm By George Nathan 434 



The Interior Woodwork for the House By George Ethelbert Walsh 437 



The Residence of Professor L. W. Reid, Haverford, Pennsylvania 439 



The Construction and Care of the Hotbed. 

 Garden Work for November. New Books. The Bignonia Radicans. 



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