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Cottages and cottage life : containing plans for country houses, adapted to the means and wants of the people of the United States ; with directions for building and improving for the laying out and embellishing of grounds ; with some sketches of life in the country (1848)

Elliott, Charles Wyllys, 1817-1883 · Cincinnati : H.W. Derby & Co., Publishers ; New York : A.S. Barnes & Co. · leaf 131

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r.t COTTAGE LIKK. 1)7 DESCRIPTION OF PLATE VII. This class of cottages has a picturesque and romanticeffect, and should be used with caution. They arepeculiarly unsuited to our level, warm plains. It isvery diliicult to make the ventilation of the upper partsufficient to keep the chambers…

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