Newport, R.I., June, 1877.
CONTENTS.
| Village Improvements | [11] |
| Village Sanitary Work | [69] |
| Farm Villages | [114] |
| Life and Work of the Eastern Farmer | [159] |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
| Fig. 1.--Drainage of Hill-Side Foot-Path | [31] |
| Fig. 2.--Section of Road with Drains | [44] |
| Fig. 3.--Pipes resting on their Shoulders | [73] |
| Fig. 4.--Pipes resting on their Full Length | [73] |
| Fig. 5.--Grease-Trap | [79] |
| Fig. 6.--Field's Flush-Tank | [80] |
| Fig. 7.--The Emerson Ventilator | [86] |
| Fig. 8.--Diagram illustrating Manner of Sewage Disposal at Lenox, Mass. | [97] |
| Fig. 9.--Settling Basin | [102] |
| Fig. 10.--Arrangement of Absorption Drains, | [105] |
| Fig. 11.--Division of Four Square Miles with Central Village | [124] |
| Fig. 12.--division of the Central Village | [126] |
| Fig. 13.--Division of the Central Open Space of the Village | [131] |
| Fig. 14.--Present Division and Settlement of Tract in Rhode Island | [133] |
| Fig. 15.--The Rhode Island Tract with its Buildings gathered together into a Compact Village | [135] |
| Fig. 16.--Proposed Arrangement of the Rhode Island Farm Village | [139] |
VILLAGE IMPROVEMENTS.
It may be because the newness of our country and the fragile character of our early structures have prevented the accumulation of inferior, ugly, and uncomfortable houses, as the nucleus around which later building has crystallized; it may be from circumstances which have prevented the isolated residence of the better classes of our people; or it may be the result of accident. Whatever the reason, it is beyond dispute that the United States is par excellence a land of beautiful villages. North, south, east, and west, there are plenty of hideous conglomerations of poor-looking houses, with an absence of every element of beauty; but there are thousands of other villages scattered all over the land, which are full of the evidences of good taste in their regulation and in their management.