CONTENTS

Antiqueing Ahead, by Eben S. Twitchett, B.B.S., F.A.A.P.A., etc. [1]
Hints for Buying from Original Sources, by Cecilia Lefingwell Prynne (Mrs. Gütz) [29]
The Secret of Success, by Murgatroyd Elphinstone, A.B., A.M., F.R.F.H.A., Lecturer on Scrollwork and Frets at Sinsabaugh University, 1917–18 [39]
Old Rugs, Old Iron, Old Brass, Old Glass: A Brief Brochure on the Search for the Antique by a Professional, Jared P. Kilgallen, J.D. and R.P. [61]
The European Field, by Professor Charles A. Doolittle, F.R.A.C.S. [77]
Horsechestnut [113]
A Word on Pooning, by Augustula Thomas [133]

LIST OF PLATES AND
OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS

Rear View of the Statue of Professor Kilgallen in Floral Park City, Florida [Frontispiece]
Plate I: Old Dutch Ovenside Chair with the Rare Pretzel Back [4]
Pair of Wonderful Old French Statuettes now the Property of Dr. Twitchett [10]
Plate II: Magnificent Old Flat-Front Early New Jersey Sideboard discovered by Professor Kilgallen in an Obscure Part of Newark [18]
Plate III: From Professor Kilgallen’s Collection of Beautiful Old Wood-Carvings: Figure of Pocahontas believed to be the Work of John Alden [26]
Old New England Print of the First Meeting of the American Academy for the Popularization of Antiquities [32]
Statue erected to Professor Kilgallen in Floral Park City, Florida, by Grateful Citizens of that Community [42]
Plate IV: Priceless Bit of Old Staffordshire Ware (a Paper-Weight) Collected by Professor Kilgallen [50]
Plate V: Rare Bit of Old Worcestershire Ware [58]
Dr. Twitchett and Mrs. Augustula Thomas’s Husband (Mr. Thomas) wearing the Insignia of Full Members of the American Academy for the Popularization of Antiquities [64]
The Glass Perfect [68]
Plate VI: Old Skipworth Ware: Dog on Paper-Weight [74]
Plate VII: Professor Kilgallen’s Magnificent Collection of Early American Utensils, all Hand-wrought, and some Obtained from the Descendants of the Families in which the Articles had been handed down from Father to Son [80]
Plate VIII: Colonial Trigle-Stool, discovered in a New Hampshire Woodshed, and purchased for a Mere Song by Professor Kilgallen [86]
Plate IX: Cologne Cathedral as it is To-day [94]
Plate X: New Design for Cologne Cathedral [94]
Plate XI: Colonial Kitchen Sink from the Old Palaver Thompson Mansion in Haverhill [102]
Plate XII: Sampler in the Possession of Professor Kilgallen’s Family [110]
The Porte-Chapeaux of Noisette à Cheval: “Rising in the night, trouble over the yearning of the bassines to be reunited to their original source” [124]
“He knew the old musician suffered from headaches,” etc. [126]
The Becket (Actual Size) [128]
Profile View of the Porte-Chapeaux of Noisette à Cheval Reconstructed and in Use [130]
Reception held by the American Academy for the Popularization of Antiquities on the Lawn before the Academy’s Building at the San Francisco Exposition [136]
Old Virginia Four-Poster inlaid with Mahogany [144]

ANTIQUEING AHEAD

By

Eben S. Twitchett