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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
June, 1912 
Peyton Short Lodge. Lee County. Ky. 
C. W. Short, Jr., Architect. 
For Mountain Camp or Seashore Cottage — 
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En^lisH SHingle Stains 
Bring out the natural beauty of the grain of the wood, 
and prolong its life. Best English ground pigments 
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The 
Biggest Gun in the World 
in Civil War Days 
Copyright. ^ 
- 1911 
Patriot Pub. 
Co. 
So the newspapers greeted this 20-inch 
smooth-bore gun when it appeared in 
1864. But it never did much harm, 
because it was too big to handle — 
something we have experienced since 
with big guns. This smooth-bore ter¬ 
ror of 1864, with its 1080 pound pro¬ 
jectile, wouldn’t even dent the armor of 
a battleship of today. This interesting 
little detail of the Civil War (like so 
many thousands of others overlooked 
in the majesty of the whole drama) is 
recalled by this photograph, taken by 
Mathew Brady, martyr photographer — 
one of the 3800 lost since the war; now 
recovered and contained in the 
Photographic History of the Civil War 
3800 Photographs 
The whole ten volumes of the Photographic His¬ 
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produced. The modern art of the engraver has 
brought out each little detail of the long lost nega¬ 
tives. Around the photographs, the new, specially 
written, vivid text appears. It is a master-work—• 
a triumph of the book-making art. 
Open the books. You see the days of ’di—the First 
Minnesota volunteers just enlisted, standing, erect and 
proud beneath their new flag. You see the hopeful South¬ 
ern recruits drilling in homespun and “jeans.” 
A Million Words 
You see Grant, grim and determined amid the swirl of 
staff and soldiers, writing the orders that precipitated the 
carnage of June 2 , 1864 . 
You see battered Sumter, and the Southerners 
who had seized it two days before; you see the Union 
cannon hurling death over the slopes of Antietam; you see 
McClellan holding his last interview with Lincoln, and 
Farragut on the Hartford’s deck after “Mobile Bay.” 
You see 200.000 men in Blue marching through Wash¬ 
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the crash of the Confederacy. 
Y ou see that mighty war in all its grandeur and you see 
it in its intimate details as it never has been shown before. 
Photographs must tell the truth and you see our war that 
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all its lessons, its tragedies, its romance and inspiration. 
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'T'^UE volumes have come, and I wish heartily to 
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have produced it; the photographs thus collected are 
not only of permanent value, but will have a stead¬ 
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congratulate you. Theodore Roosevelt. 
SPEAKER CHAMP CLARK 
T I^RIZE it very highly, and regard it as a great ad- 
•L dition to my library, I confess that when I first 
saw the notice’ of the books in the newspapers I did 
not believe it would be of any historic value, but an 
examination of Volume I convinces me tnat it will 
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{Continued from page 76) 
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interested in collecting, and they are saved 
this extreme case because a sense of 
beauty is the factor of choice r.ather than 
simply a desire to collect. 
The connoisseur belongs to this class. 
If you have no collecting habits, you may 
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book on rugs. It is really a considerable 
undertaking, and without the considera¬ 
tion of the interest it affords, the book 
might re,ally have a subtitle of "How to 
be a Rug Connoisseur." It contains infor¬ 
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hook can be turned to as an encyclopedia. 
It deals with the whole subject of differ¬ 
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weaving details and bv the designs. A 
chapter on designs and other symbolisms 
not only shows the characteristics of rugs 
for different countries, hut it explains the 
symbolism that lies behind certain com¬ 
binations. 
One consideration of general appeal 
that the book h.as is that it is not a discus¬ 
sion of the merits of priceless specimens 
in museums, but one gets an idea of how 
to judge, where to look for. and what the 
price would he of excellent Oriental rugs 
that may lie found in the market today. 
The whole topic of rugs is covered care¬ 
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one is lead along in fields of exceeding in¬ 
terest and stimulated to ally himself to 
those who s]iend some of their time in this 
diverting field. 
Guide to the Muslirooms. By Emma L. Tay¬ 
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This is a very practical little book and 
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to those who wish to know the wild mush¬ 
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The first part of the book de.als with 
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a glossary of the technical terms employed. 
The book as a whole presents a rather 
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of the Rockies." This printer’s error. is 
apologized for on an inserted errata slip. 
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