LIST OF REFERENCES
The Carolina Mountains. Margaret M. Morley.
The Minister’s Wooing. Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Aunt Jane in Kentucky. Hall.
Colonial Days and Ways. Helen Evesten Smith.
The Story of the City of New York. Charles Burr Todd, 1888.
The Social History of Flatbush. Gertrude Lefferts Vanderbilt, 1882.
Social History of Ancient Ireland. P. W. Joyce.
Chats on Old Lace and Needlework. Mrs. Lowes.
The Crusades. Archer and Kingsford.
The Lure of the Antique. Walter A. Dyer.
Art in Needlework. Lewis F. Day and Mary Buckle.
Home Life in Colonial Days. Alice Morse Earle.
Customs and Fashions in Old New England. Alice Morse Earle.
Pennsylvania Dutch. Mrs. P. E. Gibbon.
On Education. John Locke, 1632-1704.
Old Embroideries. Alan S. Cole in Home Needlework Magazine, 1900-1901.
The Annals of Tennessee. J. G. M. Ramsey, A. M., M. D., 1853.
Woman’s Handiwork in Modern Homes. Constance Cary Harrison, 1881.
Peasant Art in Sweden, Ireland, and Lapland. Edited by Charles Holmes.
First Steps in Collecting. Grace M. Vallois.
Needlework. Elizabeth Glaister.
Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving. Mrs. A. H. Christie.
The Art of Needlework. Edited by Countess Wilton.
English Secular Embroidery. M. Jourdain.
The Ancient Egyptians. Sir. J. Gardner Wilkinson, D. C. L., F. R. S.
De Bello Judaico. Flavius Josephus.
Turkey of the Ottoman. L. M. Garnett.
Histoire de l’Art dans l’Antiquité. Perrot and Chipiex.
Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages. Julia de Wolf Addison.
Saco Valley Families. Ridlon.
Transcriber's Note
Minor punctuation errors have been corrected without note.
This book contains some archaic spelling and dialect; all instances have been kept as printed.
Hyphenation has been made consistent as follows:
Page [vii]—Bed-time amended to Bedtime
Page [125]—Puss in the Corner amended to Puss-in-the-Corner
Page [144]—oldtime amended to old-time
The following amendments have been made:
Page [5]—Gerdin amended to Gardner—"Sir J. Gardner Wilkinson, in his history ..."
Page [7]—Judaics amended to Judaico—"In “De Bello Judaico,” by Flavius Josephus, ..."
Page [8]—Historic amended to Histoire—"... in their “Histoire de l’Art dans l’Antiquité,” publish ..."
Page [18]—Phœnecians amended to Phœnicians—"... in Biblical times by the Hebrews and Phœnicians."
Page [95]—Eor amended to For—"For those who enjoy making pieced quilts ..."
Page [131]—amarylis amended to amaryllis—"... and even scarlet amaryllis pale beside the glowing colours ..."
Page [143]—excell amended to excel—"... the desire to excel in the art of quilt making."
Page [174]—repeated instance of St. Louis Star deleted.
Page [177]—Mountaina amended to Mountains—"The Carolina Mountains."
Page [177]—M. amended to F., and and amended to in—"Art in Needlework. Lewis F. Day and Mary Buckle."
Page [177]—Alam amended to Alan—"Alan S. Cole in ..."
Page [178]—S. C. L. amended to D. C. L.—"Sir J. Gardner Wilkinson, D. C. L., F. R. S."
Page [178]—Judaics amended to Judaico—"De Bello Judaico."
Page [178]—Dams amended to dans and l’antiquité to l’Antiquité—"Histoire de l’Art dans l’Antiquité."
The following amendments have been made in the list of quilt names at the end of the text, for consistency with the main text:
Aunt Eliza's Star Quilt amended to Aunt Eliza's Star Point (p. [169])
Baseball amended to Base Ball (p. [169])
Blindman's Fancy amended to Blind Man's Fancy (p. [169])
Cogwheels amended to Cog Wheel (p. [170])
Double Square amended to Double Squares (p. [171])
Duck and Ducklings amended to Ducks and Ducklings (p. [171])
Fleur de Lis amended to Fleur-de-Lis (p. [171])
French Baskets amended to French Basket (p. [171])
Hair Pin Catcher amended to Hairpin Catcher (p. [172])
Indian Plums amended to Indian Plumes (p. [172])
Needlebook amended to Needle Book (p. [173])
Road to Oklahoma amended to Road to California (p. [174])
Washington Puzzle amended to Washington's Puzzle (p. [176])
Windmill amended to Wind Mill (p. [176])
Xquisite, The amended to X quisite, The (p. [176])
Please note that not all of the quilt patterns mentioned in the main text are included in the list.