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    Making a Fireplace
    Making a Fireplace
    Making a Fireplace
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    Making a Fireplace

    By Henry H. (Henry Hodgman) Saylor

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 26, 2013
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      Making a Fireplace - Henry H. (Henry Hodgman) Saylor

      The Project Gutenberg EBook of Making a Fireplace, by Henry H. Saylor

      This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with

      almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or

      re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included

      with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org

      Title: Making a Fireplace

      Author: Henry H. Saylor

      Release Date: September 19, 2008 [EBook #26670]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MAKING A FIREPLACE ***

      Produced by Markus Brenner and the Online Distributed

      Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was

      produced from images generously made available by The

      Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

      Copyright, 1913, by

      McBride, Nast & Co.

      Published, January, 1913

      The fireplace of long ago, made large enough to accommodate most of the kitchen’s pots and pans beside the fire

      CONTENTS

      THE ILLUSTRATIONS

      INTRODUCTION

      In a book of this kind there is no particular need for dwelling at length on the desirability of having a fireplace. That will be taken for granted. It is enough to say that in these days a home can scarcely be considered worthy of the name if it does not contain at least one hearth. There is some inexplicable quality in a wood fire that exerts almost a hypnotic influence upon those who eagerly gather about it. The smoldering glow of the logs induces a calm and introspective mood that banishes all the trivialities and distractions of the day’s work and gives one an opportunity to replenish his store of energy for the coming day.

      The open fire, unlike most of the comforts that we demand in a modern home, has been associated with the race as far back almost as the home itself. At first, of course, it was as a necessity and the development from that to a luxury has been an exceedingly slow one extending over the years down to the present time.

      There are two forms of the open fire—a possible third one, the gas log, being a subject on which the less said the better. We have, therefore, a choice between the open fireplace designed for wood and the basket grate in which to burn coal, preferably cannel coal. This latter fuel is not nearly so well known in this country as in England where the scarcity of

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