Education:
"Mrs. Earle has made a very careful study of the details of domestic
life from the earliest days of the settlement of the country. The book
is sumptuously illustrated, and every famed article, such as the
spinning-wheel, the foot-stone, the brass knocker on the door, and the
old-time cider mill, is here presented to the eye, and faithfully
pictured in words. The volume is a fascinating one, and the vast army
of admirers and students of the olden days will be grateful to the
author for gathering together and putting into permanent form so much
accurate information concerning the homes of our ancestors."
Literature:
"Mrs. Earle's fidelity in study and her patient research are evident
on every page of this charming book, and her pleasantly colloquial
style is frequently assisted by very beautiful illustrations, both of
the houses of the colonists, from the primitive cave dug out of the
hillside and made to answer for warmth and shelter, to the more
comfortable log cabin, the farmstead with its adjacent buildings, and
the stately mansion abiding to our own day."
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