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 42
. The notionthat small things make or mar the comfort ofour daily lives more often than great ones, findsnowhere better illustration than in the lesserdetails of a new house. Nine times out of ten,when a complacent householder exhibits hiscastle to his friends, the points for which hebespeaks… … WEDDING IN CHURCH. that distinguishes his wife from all other women,and to the varying proclivities of his children.It was impossible to get offended with a 44 ILLUSTRATED HOMES. youth of such superhuman dignity and virtue;so I forgave his testiness, wrestled vaHantlywith his plan, kept the cost of…
Architecture, Domestic
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