Illustrated homes: a series of papers describing real houses and real people (1875)
Gardner, Eugene Clarence, 1836-1915 · Boston, J. R. Osgood and company · leaf 142
d all the plates, spoons, glasses, mugs, bottles,cups, — whatever may be needed, — appear atonce, in the little recess by the cupboard. Very convenient, no doubt, but the thingsare so apt to get out of order and make moretrouble than they save. Pardon me, I said the dumb-waiter was agood text.… … ILLUSTRATED HOMES. 145 more complete and delicate the machinery ofour daily lives, the more liable is it to be throwninto disorder and the more destructive the dis-aster when it comes. Before you can plan wellfor a man, you must know whether he is sav-age, half-civilized, civilized, or enlightened.…
Architecture, Domestic
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