THE illustration on the cover and pages 64 and 65 shows a residence which has recently been completed for Lucius F. Robinson, Esq., at Hartford, Conn. The entrance has only a porch, while the living veranda is isolated and placed at the rear of the house. The exterior walls of the building are of buff brick laid in buff mortar. The roofs are of wood, and are covered with shingles and stained a dull moss green with a mottled effect. Cabot's shingle-stain is used. The blinds are painted an apple

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... reen. Dimensions: Front, 69 ft.; side, 43 ft., not including piazza and porch. Height of ceilings: Cellar, 7 ft.; first story, 10 ft.; second, 9 ft.; third, 8 ft. The entrance is by a broad Dutch door into an oblong hall, which is trimmed with mahogany. This hall has a paneled wainscot· ing and a massive wood cornice. The openings be