Excerpt from The Architect and Engineer of California, Vol. 46: July, 1916 The most satisfactory solution of the problem of housing and living seems to lie in a form of residence, located in near proximity to the city, which will be a blending of all the roomy joys and comforts to be found in the country home, with the many necessary and practical conveniences of the town house; the wholesomeness of the country in close tough with all the advantages of the city. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.