Mowry, William Augustus, 1829-1917, Mowry, Arthur May, 1862- joint author · New York, Boston [etc.] Silver, Burdett and company · leaf 30
e overthe Indian long house? It was more permanent; it wastighter and warmer; it was the abode of one family; it w^asa real home. In another respect the comfort of the log cabinwas greatly increased: it had an enclosed fireplace and achimney. Some years ago fireplaces were seldom seen in our… … more recently they have come into use again, and now seldomis a well arranged house built without one or more open fire-places. We are then—most of us—acquainted with this smallopening in the side or the corner of the room, in which smalllogs of wood burn upon the andirons or a bed of coals uponthe…
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