A drawing-room with vistas, is invariably the desideratum of everyone who builds a house, yet rarely is it attained. In this house at Pasadena, Cal., of which Myron 
Hunt is the architect, the generous proportioned arrangement and wide doors throughout the lower floor afford a view from the reception hall through the drawing-room to 
the dining-room at the farther end. While the decorations are of mixed styles and periods, the room is in harmony and excellent taste 
