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LIBELLULE. ONE-TON FIN-KEEL, DESIGNED AND BUILT BY MR. GODINET. 
LUCIOLE II. RACING 10-TONNER, DESIGNED AND BUILT BY ABEL LEMARCHAND. 
on the mould loft floor. Following this comes the taking 
of the bevels from the body plan and the preparation 
of the various moulds. The second chapter deals with 
the preparation of the keel, stem and sternpost, the lay- 
ing of the keel blocks and keel, getting out and bevel- 
ing the frames, general systems of construction of frame, 
counter, etc., the erection of the frame, the planking and 
decking. All the details are illustrated by numerous 
diagrams and plans. 
Chapter III. is devoted to metal and composite con- 
struction, with tables of scantling for iron and steel. 
The fourth chapter treats of the'deck fittings and attach- 
ments to the hull, such as bulwarks, cleats, kevels, mast 
bitts, bowsprit bitts, skylights, companion and other 
hatches, ruclder, etc.; and the fifth is devoted to the hull 
iron work: both being very fully and clearly illustrated. 
Chapter YI. deal? with special constructions, including 
NOUGATINE.^ DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED BY MR. GUEDON. 
lead keels and their details, centerboards, special methods 
of planking and fin-keel construction. Chapter VII. 
deals with riveting, fastening, painting, launching and 
ways for hauling. Masting and rigging fills the eighth 
chapter, with dimensions of spars and details^ of rig; 
the working drawings of spar iron work which illustrate 
this part being particularly good. In Chapter IX. the 
subject of yacht boats, with sizes of boats for different 
classes of yachts and details of boat building, are treated 
very thoroughly. Chapter X. deals with the internal 
arrangement and fittings of yachts, and the final chap- 
ter with the woods used in yacht and boat building. 
We have already mentioned the illustrations accom- 
panying the letterpress, which are numerous and ex- 
cellent, including many detail plans of parts. In ad- 
dition to these are two photo reproductions of small 
yachts. Trilby and Quatre-Etoiles, under construction in 
the shop. 
Accompanying the book is a portfolio of plates, thirty 
in number, and each 30 by iiin., with designs of modern 
French yachts, the work of such designers as^ Messrs. 
Sahuque, Lemarchand, Tellier, Caillebotte, Guedon and 
the author. These designs include all types, keel, cen- 
terboard and fin-keel, both racing and cruising; the de- 
tails of construction being given in many cases as well 
as the lines. We reproduce three of the designs: Li- 
bellule, the fin-keel one-tonner by the U. des Y. F. rule; 
the 2-tonner Nougatine, and the noted lo-tonner Luci- 
ole II. 
In this book Mr. Chevreux has done much for the 
advancement of yachting in France, both in showing to 
the world what has already been done, and in giving 
to French builders, amateurs and yachtsmen most val- 
uable assistance in their future work. Though written 
in French, the book is so general in its treatment of the 
subject as to be v?>hi5ible to American builders and 
yachtsmen, 
Yacht Stoves. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
Answering your request for stove experiences, I have 
used apparatus for this purpose in the following order: 
Plumber's gasoline furnace, Sestalit or patent fuel stove, 
wick burner stoves of the Florence type, gasoHne stoves 
and oil gas stoves. 
I have cruised for ten successive seasons; two in a 
20ft. open gilling skiff, with a plumber's furnace for a 
stove, with a lanyard fastened to the frame to save it 
should necessity arise to tip it overboard in case of ac- 
cident. 
Five seasons in a 28ft. cabin sloop with Sestalit, or 
patent fuel stove, inhaling the fumes, our nostrils and 
throats doing the duty of chimneys; wick burner stoves 
of the Florence type, which smoked badly in a seaway, 
and gasoline stoves with reservoirs containing enough 
explosive to blow us out of the water. 
Three seasons in a 40ft. sloop with an oil gas stove, 
which I found satisfactory except for the expense attend- 
ing the replacing of burners and retorts. In the order 
named each stove is better than its predecessor. 
This season I shall install kerosene stoves of the^ 
Primus type, and from my observations of their work 
on other yachts last season I feel confident that they will 
give good service. 
I shall be glad to give you my experiences with this 
form of machinery at the end of this season. 
JULNAR. 
WissAHiCKON Heights, Philadelphia, Pa. — Editor 
Forest and Stream: Having seen in looking over the 
latest number of the Forest and Stream a general in- 
quiry as to the best kind of stoves to use aboard cruis- 
ing yachts, I have thought that possibly my limited 
