HOUSE AND GARDEN 
412 
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December, 1911 
Mrs. Humphrey Ward 
cAathor of **Robert Elsmere" 
has written a sequel to that novel which so stirred England and America 
"TTje Case of 
Richard Meynell'' 
<1 For twenty years Mrs. Ward has written no book so important 
and vitally interesting as this. The publishers, while they fully 
realize the seriousness of the statement, believe that “ The Case of 
Richard Meynell ” is a greater work than “Robert Elsmere.” It 
represents the more mature and vivid statement of questions which 
are being propounded in all countries where people are awake to 
changing conditions in all churches and all sects. 
d As a story, the career of Richard Meynell is vastly absorbing, and 
the statement of the new conditions twenty years after Elsmere’s 
time is powerful in the telling, as well as important. 
A book for a ivhote generation of readers 
Six photogravure Illustrations. Fixed price, $1.35 (postage 14c.) 
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RALPH WARREN BURNHAM 
IPSWICH IN MASSACHUSETTS 
the country home. What reader of Mr. 
Kipling’s exquisite story, “An Habitation 
Enforced,” will ever forget “Friars Par¬ 
dons,” and the five farms, “Griffons,” 
“Rocketts,” “Burnt House,” “Gate An- 
stey,” and the “Home Farm,” that made 
up the estate? Does not every one of 
them look exactly like its name! If pos¬ 
sible, then, decide exactly what the coun¬ 
try home “looks like” and the question is 
self-answered. 
First, study its location. If set on a 
hill, “Hill Top,” “Hill Side,” “Hill Slope,” 
“Hill Crest,” “Watch Hill,” “Beacon Hill,” 
are a few of the possible combinations. 
If one does not care for the word “hill,” 
one of the many synonyms may be substi¬ 
tuted, as “Rise,” “slope,” “peak,” “sum¬ 
mit,” “brae,” “barrowif sandy, “dune ;” 
and, if high and rocky, the old English 
“tor.” 
Possiblv the cottage is near a stream or 
waterfall. Then “brook,” “beck,” “burn,” 
“cascade,” “falls,” “springs,” are a few 
of the words that may enter into the name. 
If in an open field, “meadow,” “mead,” 
“heath,” “terrace,” “valley,” and “fen;” 
if in the wood, “glen,” “forest,” “wood,” 
“grove,” and “thicket.” 
These words may be prefixed to “cot¬ 
tage,” “cote,” “place,” “lodge,” “house,” 
“cabin,” “hall,” “court,” “camp” — what¬ 
ever name may fit the particular form of 
domicile; or to one of the much liked 
English endings “croft,” “wold,” “crest,” 
“more,” “mere,” “wood,” “chester,” or 
“stead.” Again, these English endings 
may be suffixed to names of trees, flowers 
or birds, making another long list. A.ny 
tree will form the basis of an attractive 
name, only be sure that it is the character¬ 
istic tree of the place. “Pine,” “fir,” 
“cedar,” “cherry,” “locust,” “chestnut,” 
“elm,” “maple,” “oak,” “briar,” _ and 
“woodbine” are a very few. The list is 
only limited by the number of species. 
“Briar Cliff,” “Cherry Hedge,” “Willow- 
hurst,” “Hazel Dell,” “Woodbine Cottage,” 
“Elnrstead,” “White Birches,” “Laurel 
Hill,” “Oak Bluff,” are examples of such 
names. 
“But,” some one objects, “these names 
are not what the house looks like ; they are 
all names of its surroundings. What are 
some of the names that come directly from 
the house itself?” 
It may be named from its material: 
“Cobbles,” “Boulders,” “Shingle,” “Logs,” 
or, like Mr. John Burroughs’ cottage, 
“Slabsides.” It may be named from some 
architectural feature: “Gambrels,” “Dor¬ 
mers,” “Gables,” “Colonia,” “Ridgepole,” 
“Hearthstone,” “Oriels,” or “Timbers,” or, 
it may combine the color with some other 
characteristic, as, for example: “Red 
Top,” “Gray Stone,” the “White House,” 
“Red Cote,” or like Mr. Cleveland’s Nan¬ 
tucket home, “Gray Gables.” 
As the summer home is, especially, a 
place of rest and contemplation it is fit¬ 
ting, if desired, to let the view or exposure 
decide the name. “Sea View,” “Hill 
View,” “Near View,” “Fair View,” “Bon¬ 
nie View,” “Vista,” “Belle Vue,” “Out- 
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