[December, 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
1876] 
STANDARD 
Architectural Books 
FOR 
CARPENTERS AND BUILDERS. 
Rural Church Architecture.— Twenty Church¬ 
es of moderate cost. Exemplified in Elevations, Plans, 
Sections, and Details, by Upjohn, Renwick, Wheeler, 
Wells, Austin, Stone, Cleveland, Backus, Reeve and 
Eveleth. New and revised edition, quarto, uniform with 
Woodward's National Architect. Price, post-paid, $6. 
Hussey’s National Cottage Architecture ; 
or. Homes for Every One. —With Designs, 
Plans, Details, Specifications, and Cost; with Work¬ 
ing Seale, Drawings complete, so that Houses may be 
built direct from the book. Adapted to the popular 
demand for practical, handsome, and economical 
homes. Royal Quarto. Six Dollars, post-paid. 
Atwood’s Country and Suburban Houses. 
—Illustrated with about 150 engravings. Hints and 
Suggestions as to the General Principles of House¬ 
building, Style, Cost, Location, etc. Post-paid, $1.50. 
ITIonckton’s National Stair-Builder.— Is a 
complete'work on Stair-Building and Hand-Railing. 
Fully explained and illustrated by large scale diagrams, 
in two colors, with designs for Staircases,Newels, Balus¬ 
ters, and Hand-Rails. Royal Quarto. Post paid, $6.00. 
Ittonckton’s National Carpenter and Join- 
* er.— A complete work, covering the whole science of 
Carpentry, joinery, Roofing, Framing, etc., fully ex¬ 
plained and illustrated by large scale diagrams in two 
colors. Royal Quarto. Post-paid, $6.00. 
Woodward’s National Architect. —1,000 De¬ 
signs, Plans, and Details for Country, Suburban, and 
Village Houses; with Perspective Views, Front and 
Side Elevations, Sections, Full Detail Drawings, Speci¬ 
fications, and Estimates. Also, Detail Drawings to 
Working Scale, of Brackets, Cornices, French Roofs, 
Sectional and Framing Plans of French Roofs, Dormer- 
Windows for French Roofs. Bay-Windows, Verandas, 
Porches, Plaster Finish, Cornices, Ceilings, Hard¬ 
wood Mantels, and all that is required by a Builder to 
design, specify, erect, and finish in the most approved 
style. One superb quarto volume. Post-paid, $12.00. 
Woodward’s Cottages and Farm Houses. 
—188 Designs and Plans of low-priced Cottages, Farm 
Houses, and Out-Buildings. Post-paid, $1.50. 
Woodward’s Suburban and Country 
Houses. —70 Designs and Plans, and numerous ex¬ 
amples of the French Roof. Post-paid, $1.50. 
Woodward’s Country Homes. —150 Designs 
and Plans, with Description of the Manner of Con¬ 
structing Balloon Frames. Post-paid, $1.50. 
Woodward’s Graperies and Horticultural 
Buildings.— Designs and Plans of Hot-Beds, Cold- 
Pits, Propagating Houses, Forcing Houses, Hot and 
Cold Graperies. Green Houses, Conservatories, Orchard 
Houses, etc , with the various modes of Ventilating 
and Heating. Post-paid, $1.50. 
Wheeler’s Rural Homes.— Houses suited to 
Country Life. Post-paid, $2 00. 
Wheeler’s Homes for the People.— 100 Ori¬ 
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and Miscellaneous Details. Post-paid, $3.00. 
Harney’s Barns, Out - Buildings, and 
Fences. —Containing Designs and Plans of Stables, 
Farm-Barns, Out-Buildings, Gates, Gateways, Fences, 
Stable Fittings and Furniture, with nearly 200 Illustra¬ 
tions. Royal Quarto. Post-paid, $6.00. 
Eveleth’s School-House Architecture.—A 
new and original work, containing Seventeen Designs 
for School-Houses. Sixty-seven Plates with Perspec¬ 
tives, Elevations, Plans, Sections, Details, Specifica¬ 
tions all drawn to working scale, with methods of 
Heating and Ventilation. .Large Quarto. Post-paid, 
$ 6 . 00 . 
Copley’s Plain and Ornamental Alplia- 
. bets.— Giving examples in all styles': together with 
Maps. Titles, Borders, Meridians, Ciphers, Monograms, 
[ Flourishes, etc., adapted for the practical use of Sur¬ 
veyors, Civil Engineers, Draughtsmen, Architects, Sign 
Painters, Schools, etc. Post-paid, $3.00. 
Cummings’ Architectural Details.— Contain¬ 
ing 387 Designs and 067 Illustrations of the Various 
Paris needed in the Construction of Buildings, Public 
and Private, both for the City and Country. Also, 
Plans and Elevations of Houses, Stores, Cottages, and 
other Buildings. Royal Quarto. Price, post-paid, $10. 
Jacques’ Manual of the House. —How to 
Build Dwellings, Barns, Sta’b'es, and Out-Buildings of 
all kinds. 126 Designs and Plans. Post-paid, $1.50: 
The Universal Stair-Builder.— A Treatise on 
the Construction of Stair-cases and Hand-rails. Illus- 
trated by 29 Plates. By R. A. Cupper. Post-paid, $3.50, 
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A TREATISE ON 
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