ILLUSTRATIONS

I—The Entrance Gates	Page [3]

II—Y^e Hospitable Porch	[5]

III—The Hall Fire-place	[7]

IV—An Ingle-Nook	[9]

V—The Library Window	[13]

VI—My Lady’s Casement	[15]

VII—Amid Gables and Dormers	[17]

VIII—Among the Chimney-tops	[19]

IX—The Loggia and Terrace	[21]

X—The Garden Sun-dial and Exedra	[23]

O fortunate, O happy day,

When a new household finds its place

Among the myriad homes of earth,

Like a new star just sprung to birth,

And rolled on its harmonious way

Into the boundless realms of space.

“The Hanging of the Crane”

Longfellow.

Met, where the guardian wall is wound,

So subtly are our eyes beguiled

We see not nor suspect a bound.

No more than in some forest wild;

The sight is free as air—or crost

Only by art in nature lost.

“A Flower Garden”

Wordsworth.

“To thy cool shadows, and to thee,

When thou to birds dost shelter give,

Thou music dost from them receive;

If travellers beneath thee stay

Till storms have worn themselves away,

That time in praising thee they spend,

And thy protecting power commend.”

Lady Winchilsea

“How beautiful is this house! The atmosphere

Breathes rest and comfort and the many chambers

Seem full of welcomes.”

“The Masque of Pandora”

Longfellow.

“Shut in from all the world without,

We sat the clean-winged hearth about,

Content to let the north-wind roar

In baffled rage at pane and door,

While the red logs before us beat

The frost-line back with tropic heat;

And ever when a louder blast

Shook beam and rafter as it passed,

The merrier up its roaring draught

The great throat of the chimney laughed,

The house dog on his paws outspread

Laid to the fire his drowsy head,

The cat’s dark silhouette on the wall

A couchant tiger’s seemed to fall;

And for the winter fireside meet,

Between the andiron’s straddling feet,

The mug of cider simmered slow,

The apples sputtered in a row,

And close at hand, the basket stood

With nuts from brown October’s wood.”

“Snow-Bound”

Whittier.

“Oh for a booke and a shadie nooke,

Eyther in doore or out;

With the grene leaves whispering overhead

Or the streete cryes all about.

Where I maie read all at my ease,

Both of the newe and old;

For a jollie goode booke whereon to looke,

Is better to me than golde.”

Old English Song

“In yon red gable,

Which the rose creeps round and o’er, your casement shines

Against the yellow west.”

“Good-night in the Porch”

Owen Meredith.

“It was a pleasant mansion, an abode

Near and yet hidden from the great highroad,

Sequestered among trees, a noble pile,

Baronial and colonial in its style;

Gables and dormer-windows everywhere.”

“Lady Wentworth”

Longfellow.

“First in the dusky dawn he sends abroad

His early scout, his emissary, smoke,

The earliest, latest pilgrim from his roof,

To feel the frosty air;”—

Thoreau

“The sunbeams dropped

Their gold, and, passing in porch and niche,

Softened to shadows, silvery pale, and dim,

As if the very Day paused and grew Eve.”

“Light of Asia.”

Edwin Arnold.

“Horas non nurmero nisi serenas.”

“Only the sunny hours

Are numbered here,—

No winter-time that lowers,

No twilight drear.

But from a golden sky

When sun-beams fall,

Though the bright moments fly,—

They’re counted all.”

“The Sun Dial”

Stedman.

Part Two
Moulded Brick Forms

While these suggestions are mainly to illustrate the use of moulded brick, they but partially represent the line carried, as all clay products known to the trade are handled, such as:—

Ornamental Terra-Cotta,

Hollow Tile Fire-Proofing,

Terra-Cotta Roof Tile,

Fancy and Moulded Front Brick,

Enameled Brick,

Paving Brick,

Fire Brick, &c.

If you do not find what you desire among these sketches possibly it may be found among the moulds at the factory, or if not, such will be made if ordered in sufficient quantity. All known colors and effects, including the ordinary red pressed shapes, can be obtained.

Part Three
Terra-Cotta Fire-Proof Materials

“Houses are built to live in, not to look on, therefore, let use be preferred before uniformity, except where both may be had.” “Essays—of Building” Bacon'

It is no longer a question of experiment:—that of thoroughly protecting iron and steel structural work. Terra-cotta has proved itself superior to all other materials in use, in maintaining its original position during fire, thereby thoroughly protecting the structural work, as has been demonstrated at recent conflagrations. The forms in general use are floor arches, partition blocks, column and girder coverings, furring tile, ceiling and roofing blocks; while special forms can be made when required. Estimates for the furnishing of material, either delivered or erected, will be given; also full information in regard to plans or specifications if desired.