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The Welcoming Hallway Frontispiece PAGET he House as We Found It 28 One of the Rooms, as Altered 38 The Front Door, as Altered 50 The Diamond-pane Windows of the Library .. .62 The Fireplace End of the Library, as Finished .. .80 The Panel Entrance of the Secret Stair .... 94 The Fireback from St. Cloud 94 The Present Appearance of the Oldest Room in the House 100 Quite the Pride of Our Hearts, in Fireplaces. ..106 An Experiment with a Pediment 112 The White-paneled Dining-room 118 Paneling, made from Old Cupboard Doors .. .130 The Cupboard of the Table Legs 138 The Lower Hall, with Transplanted Balusters and Rail .148 The Upper Hall 156 White Walls, Chintz Hangings, and Black Chairs .. 168 An Lis a Very Desirable Shape for a Bedroom ..176 The Guest-room, with its Double Outlook to North and South 186 The Glass-fronted Fireside Cupboard .. ..
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)
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This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.
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