Questions

This is a list of all the questions and their associated study carrel identifiers. One can learn a lot of the "aboutness" of a text simply by reading the questions.

identifier	question
26354	Might not the cultivation of the garden-- vegetables, fruits and flowers,--take the place of both, as simple means of display?
26354	When one contemplates building, and has put his thoughts and wishes into a tangible form, the leading question asked is, how much will all this cost?
33955	Is there dampness, caused by lack of ventilation, by bad walls, or by some inherent moisture?
33955	What is more delightful than a sleighing party, whose destination is a remodeled farmhouse not too many miles from the city?
33955	Where will it receive the best air and the least sun?
33955	With this object in view, why not lay out around the house attractive flower beds?
41781	Another doubt suggested, is whether arches and vaulting can properly be admitted into the style above- named?
41781	Are there no exceptions?
41781	But what language would be adequate?
41781	What must be the character of works of art to which Raphael''s Corridor in the Vatican forms the mere approach?
41781	What then, with a view to your individual taste, is the style I would recommend as most suitable for the intended situation and purpose?
42469	How many children have you?
42469	How would a combination stairway do?
42469	What of it? 42469 Why not put a cellar under the whole house?
42469	Can it be built for three thousand dollars?
42469	Do they not endanger the health of the occupants of the house?"
42469	How far do they exist in practice?
42469	If we like it, why should any one else complain?"
42469	In considering the plumbing apparatus of a house, the question is often asked,"Are these things safe?
42469	The question naturally follows,"How is this done?"
42469	Then it may be asked, What is to be done?
42469	We often hear people say, in regard to lots that are surrounded unfavorably,"What is the difference?
42469	What do you think it will cost?"
42469	What has this to do with architecture and economical house- building?
42469	What makes the cost of a house?
42469	Where is the man who will say that his business life is as exacting or as harassing as the work which is here outlined?
19998	Burns says--"The best laid schemes of_ mice_ and_ men_ Gang aft agley;"and why not hen''s?
19998	But what has all this to do with ventilation?
19998	Is it because he himself is so uncouth and outlandish in his thoughts and manners, that he deserves no better?
19998	Is it because his occupation is degrading, his intellect ignorant, his position in life low, and his associations debasing?
19998	Such duty, among thinking men, is conceded, so far as the moral world is concerned; and why not in the artificial?
19998	What''s the matter?"
19998	What_ can_ be the matter?
19998	Why should a farmer, because he_ is_ a farmer, only occupy an uncouth, outlandish house, any more than a professional man, a merchant, or a mechanic?
19998	Why, then, should the farmer ape the fashion, and the frivolity of the butterflies of town life, or permit his family to do it?
19998	how can it be?
19998	said he, in great joy;"but dear me, why so buttoned up, as if you were going?
17804	You mean one of these here bugs is into it already?
17804	A lily pool and sun dial garden would go nicely over there to the east, and how about that hollow place over in the south corner for a swimming pool?
17804	A six weeks''drought?
17804	Are there a lighting system in the vicinity, telephone facilities, and so forth?
17804	Are windows in place here and weather tight?
17804	BUILDING VERSUS REMODELING[ Illustration]_ CHAPTER V_ BUILDING VERSUS REMODELING"Shall I build or remodel?"
17804	Besides, what is the hurry?
17804	But did you ever put on boots and oilskins and go for a long walk in the rain just for the pure joy of it?
17804	Can its cheery hum be heard even at midnight if a heavy fall of snow makes it necessary?
17804	Does cold air leak through joints of sash and frame?
17804	Does it come down the little dirt road where your modest acres are located?
17804	Expense?
17804	For instance, are the Town Fathers liberal with the snow plow?
17804	Has frost worked such havoc that some sections must be re- laid?
17804	Has it been cleaned and put in order since last season?
17804	Having found an animal of the desired type and breed, the question arises,"Is it sound of wind and limb?"
17804	He is in no need of any admonition from us, and who are we to offer it?
17804	He knew a builder who could follow them and what more did one need?
17804	How about end walls and the under sides of roof?
17804	How about the rubbish collector, if any; the milkman; the purveyors of ice, coal and wood?
17804	In fact, with all water sources except an artesian or driven well, the question always is, will it last during an abnormally rainless season?
17804	Is he at all receptive to the idea of making an occasional delivery in the outlying districts?
17804	Photo by Gottscho_ Snow has dignity, but is the house snug and warm?
17804	Possibly you can learn to endure it all but will the game be worth the candle?
17804	The most important thing about any house is, does it please you architecturally and is its general plan suited to your needs?
17804	The question is, how much?
17804	WHY LIVE IN THE COUNTRY?
17804	We called our handy man and were greeted by a cheery if long suffering,"What''s the matter_ now_?"
17804	What do those who live beyond the limits of cities and sophisticated villages gain by hanging their crane with the rabbits and woodchucks?
17804	Why do city- bred people betake themselves to the country?
17804	Will it have to be a complete job?
17804	[ Illustration: SNOW HAS DIGNITY, BUT IS THE HOUSE SNUG AND WARM?
17804	[ Illustration]_ CHAPTER I_ WHY LIVE IN THE COUNTRY?
14248	Ah, yes, of course; but''t wo n''t take long to do that?
14248	And when is the aforesaid copper coming?
14248	How long? 14248 When is''t a coming?
14248	Within a week? 14248 You think, then, by a week from next Saturday-- to- day is Thursday morning-- you will have everything cleared up?"
14248	Am I to understand that you do not approve of lath and plaster for walls and ceilings of first- class dwellings?
14248	Are the old any better?
14248	As the question commonly runs,"How high shall the top of the underpinning be?"
14248	Be generous, did I say?
14248	But what principle of good taste or hospitality requires you to blockade the main entrance to your house with this same staircase?
14248	Can you tell why?
14248	Did you ever lay your hand on a black slate or tin roof exposed to the direct rays of a midsummer sun?
14248	Did you ever shingle the south side of a barn on a calm, hot, sunny day in July, thermometer at ninety degrees in the shade?
14248	Do you really expect us to dispense with sliding- doors between the parlors?
14248	Do you really know anything about them with certainty?
14248	Do you remember how it is recorded in terse Scripture phrase that"Solomon builded a house and finished it"?
14248	Do you send all your visitors, of whatever name or nation, direct to the upper regions the moment they enter?
14248	Do you suppose such a one can be found?
14248	Does Mrs. John complain that the sunlight will fade her carpets?
14248	Have I squared up your point?
14248	Have you been living in a city of late?
14248	Have you decided what materials to use, whether wood, brick, or stone?
14248	How am I to know whether the stones that I can find are fit to use?
14248	How dare you think anything claiming to be a French roof ugly to look at?
14248	How do you happen to know so much about the millennium?
14248	How high shall I have the different stories, and will you give me some hints for exterior?
14248	How shall I ventilate?
14248	How?
14248	If so, what would you substitute?
14248	Is it to be a museum, art- gallery, or memorial hall?
14248	Is the house to be an end, or a means; a help to make the life- work larger and better, or an added burden?
14248	Is wrought- iron any better?
14248	Is your house intended for ornamental purposes, as summer- houses, dove- cots, bird- cages, and the like, often are?
14248	MY DEAR ARCHITECT: How did you know my ship was coming in?
14248	Meantime, will you give directions about other inside work?
14248	No?
14248	Send you a boxful by express?
14248	Shall I put the registers in the floors or in the partitions?
14248	Shall it lift, or crush him?
14248	Shoddy last spring, or by Mrs. Noah, before her husband launched his fairy boat?
14248	Speaking of blinds,--what shall be done with the other windows?
14248	That air house goes up in a hurry, do n''t it?
14248	What about wainscoting halls or any of the rooms?
14248	What are mouldings and frets and carvings but a roughening of otherwise smooth surfaces?
14248	What do you say to steam?
14248	What do you think of graining where hard wood is not used?
14248	What do you think of it?
14248	What if the outside of your walls are somewhat uneven?
14248	What is the objection to cheap floors, if they are always covered with carpets?
14248	What kind of a furnace shall I get?
14248	What would that merciless critic say, or rather what profundity of silence would he employ to express his opinion, of ours?
14248	Who made the plans?"
14248	Who should drop down upon us, last week, but our old friend Fred?
14248	Why do n''t the workmen make allowance for it in fixing the catches?
14248	Why do n''t you go for it?
14248	Why do you despise the modern fashions so heartily?
14248	Why do you want either?
14248	Why not ask her to arrange matters for you?
14248	Why not have both?
14248	Why, then, make the northwest passage thither the most conspicuous route from the door?
14248	Will it answer to have the ventilating flues in the outer walls?
14248	Will you please try to understand that a thing of beauty is a joy_ forever_?
14248	Wo n''t such walls be cold and damp?
14248	Wood, brick, or stone, then,--which of the three?
14248	Would n''t they be lovely?
14248	Would you also like the walls to fit the paper- hangings, and the windows the curtains?
14248	quoth we,"how long will it take you to complete the work you have begun so well?"
14248	we cried,"when shall the new house be done?"
15678	And have n''t I always said that men were more conservative than women? 15678 And how are we to know what other little pieces of board may be too near?
15678	And now if you will walk into my kitchen, which is_ not_ up nor down a winding stair? 15678 And now will you please signify your royal pleasure as to apartments?"
15678	And spoil it? 15678 And what shall we build it of, jasper, sapphire and chalcedony?"
15678	Because the sun ca n''t shine around a corner; and Jack, why did you set them so near the floor? 15678 Besides,"said he,"if we decide on hard wood, who shall choose the kinds?
15678	But how_ can_ you make a tight roof? 15678 But what can they_ do_ with it?
15678	Ca n''t you see what a_ delicious_ cabinet it will make? 15678 Could n''t you sell it, dear?
15678	Cut up into wings and things?
15678	Do n''t you expect to have anything interesting inside the house?
15678	Do n''t you have fireplaces?
15678	Do n''t you think he had better bring Uncle Harry along?
15678	Do you burn wood?
15678	Do you count closets?
15678	Do you see the closets at the end of this pantry? 15678 Do you seriously intend to allow that pair of incompatibles to go off to- morrow looking for old furniture and antiquated household implements?"
15678	Do you think they will do it?
15678	Except my husband? 15678 For inebriates or the insane?"
15678	From many of my clients I should expect the first question would be,''Will a house built in this shape look well outside?'' 15678 Have n''t I told you, my dear, that whatever_ is_ well looks well?"
15678	Have you any idea how the house will look outside,asked Jack, giving the fire a poke,"or is that to be left to take care of itself?"
15678	Have you selected a lot?
15678	Have you written to Bessie?
15678	How can you be so reckless, Jack, as to keep a fire in such a chimney?
15678	How do I know? 15678 How do you reach the upper shelves?"
15678	How much will that sort of stuffing cost?
15678	How will it look standing out there all alone by itself?
15678	How would you like a colonial house?
15678	I have n''t any idea what it is all about, but did Jim agree to that?
15678	I never saw any of that kind, but you_ will_ have some gargoyles, wo n''t you, Jill?
15678	I never thought of it before, but why should n''t milk and beer and other medicinal drinks be distributed in the same way as water and gas?
15678	I thought you objected to the dress anology?
15678	I''m ready for the question; are you?
15678	Including the guest chambers?
15678	Is Aunt Melville as solemn as Aunt Jerusha?
15678	Is it about floors?
15678	Is it paid for?
15678	Is n''t it the same thing as offering samples of goods?
15678	Is n''t this discourse a little out of season?
15678	Is n''t this getting sort of misty, what you might call''transcendental like''?
15678	Is n''t this rather a solemn letter?
15678	Less than five dollars for the whole lot, did you say, Jim? 15678 My dear, did it ever occur to you that you can not be too thankful for a wife who is not blown about by every wind of new doctrine?
15678	No, the whole thing; how many rooms will it have?
15678	Not good enough?
15678	Now, really, Miss Bessie,said Jim, when the farmer had gone to call the men,"do n''t you think it''s rather a clumsy affair?
15678	Now, really, my dear, do n''t you think you are coming it rather strong, if I may be allowed the expression? 15678 Now, really, would n''t you mind it?
15678	Oh, but wo n''t the neighbors rage and imagine vain things when they see a house with here and there a blind and here and there an awning?
15678	Oh, you mean terra cotta?
15678	One road leads to fire and the other to combustion; that''s plain enough,said Jack;"but where do the merits come in?
15678	One thing more, Jill, when we come to make our wills to which one of the children shall we bequeath the castle?
15678	Please could we go up in the garret and look for it? 15678 Say, Jill, do you suppose we shall live to see all our necessities supplied, gratis, and have nothing to work for except the luxuries?"
15678	Shall we try it in the new house?
15678	Should you be willing to sell it for old brass? 15678 Suppose he should wish to try it?"
15678	Tapirs? 15678 Then, as an investment, what object is there in attempting to make buildings fireproof or even approximately so?"
15678	This is one of the questions which I refer to you, but will answer for you if you send it back: How shall the eyes of the house be closed? 15678 We sha n''t have to go away from home to get into purgatory, shall we?"
15678	Well, why should n''t they, Aunt''Rusha?
15678	What becomes of our hospitality if we keep the best for ourselves?
15678	What becomes of the decorations when the tapers burn up?
15678	What do you think of it?
15678	What for?
15678	What if you had none?
15678	What is the use of making them long at the top? 15678 What shall I say to Jim?"
15678	What shall we do with the big hole in the center? 15678 What, the roof?"
15678	Where is the smoking- room?
15678	Why not have a bonfire and liquidate some of this superfluous stock?
15678	Why not make an appropriation of fifty dollars apiece for each grate, mantel and hearth, and have him do the best he can with it?
15678	Why not this evening?
15678	Why not, if there''s the same amount of glass?
15678	Why should I? 15678 Why should he trouble himself about the pattern of the wood floors any more than he would about the style of the carpets?"
15678	Why should these plans worry you?
15678	Without money and without price?
15678	Wo n''t all these pipes, wooden beams, bell ropes and things be fearfully dusty and cumber the housekeeper with too much serving? 15678 Would n''t it be much cheaper and better to hire some skillful artist to do these things?"
15678	Would n''t it be well, dear, if all the upper part was made into cupboards for things seldom used?
15678	Would you like to experiment in the new house? 15678 Would you sell it?"
15678	Written to Bessie? 15678 Yes, but would you advise me to have the pantry in the new house like it?"
15678	_ Shall_ you''do your own work''?
15678	_ Would_ you be willing to sell it?
15678	Are n''t you afraid our court will be dreadfully hot in summer, shut in by four brick walls?"
15678	Are the plans made?
15678	As their neighbors live?
15678	As they have been in the habit of living?
15678	As they ought to live?
15678	As they would like to live?
15678	Bessie smiled and asked,"Are you the farmer?"
15678	But how do you propose to put even forty rooms with their various pockets under one roof and give them all plenty of sunlight and fresh air?
15678	But what do castles in Spain care for the cost?
15678	But where shall the bed stand?
15678	But why do you call this a''sitting- room?''
15678	But why should I want to live in an uncomfortable old curiosity shop when I like my house just as it is?
15678	Ca n''t we have two?"
15678	Ca n''t we work the same idea on a smaller scale?"
15678	Could there be a cat or a dog in the room?
15678	Did n''t you make the plans of this house?
15678	Do n''t you delight in the antique, Mr. James, when it is n''t too horrible?"
15678	Do n''t you love to muse and dream in the fading twilight?"
15678	Do you like a fireplace in the hall, Jack?"
15678	Do you mean tallow or wax?"
15678	Do you never long for abstract beauty?"
15678	Do you?"
15678	Has he any practical advice to give?"
15678	Has n''t it always been perfectly suited to our wants?
15678	Has n''t it been all our fancy painted and a great deal more?
15678	Have n''t I always said that women would make the best architects if they had a fair chance?
15678	Have n''t we just had the''equinoctial''?
15678	Have you got any old-- I mean, can you give us a drink of water?
15678	How about the roof-- is that also a matter of evolution?"
15678	How can I exorcise such demons as these except by tearing down the house?"
15678	How can I help it?
15678	How can one part be higher than the rest?"
15678	How can we respect ourselves or expect our friends to respect us if the most conspicuous thing in the house is a palpable fraud?"
15678	How can you cover such a big box, and where is the cooking to be done?"
15678	How do you expect glasses to be made clean and silver bright in such a place?
15678	How do you suppose Bess found it out?"
15678	How large will it be?"
15678	I shall always believe in horseshoes after this; but_ is n''t_ it a pity we ca n''t carry home the well- sweep?"
15678	I suppose these are modern improvements, but how much better will the dinners be than the dinners cooked in my kitchen?
15678	Is domestic comfort and well- being the chief motive?
15678	Is n''t it possible that your present views may be slightly tinged by the color of the east wind, so to speak?"
15678	Is n''t that rather overdoing the matter?"
15678	Is n''t that right?"
15678	Is n''t there a mate to it somewhere?
15678	Is n''t this our own?
15678	Jack called after her,"what are you going up stairs for?"
15678	Jack, why did n''t you get a wife before you planned your house?"
15678	James?"
15678	James?"
15678	James?"
15678	James?"
15678	Jim, ca n''t I hire you to go out among the unesthetic heathens and buy up a few loads of heirlooms and other relics of former greatness?
15678	Now what shall be said on this subject?
15678	Oh, and that reminds me, have you any old andirons, anywhere around?"
15678	Or does it rather indicate the instinctive struggle for supremacy over nature?
15678	Shall I send up some pale lilies for dessert?
15678	Shall the eyelids be outside blinds, inside folding shutters,''Queen Anne''rolling blinds, sliding blinds or Venetian shades?
15678	They generally go in pairs, do n''t they?"
15678	WHAT SHALL WE STAND UPON?
15678	WHAT SHALL WE STAND UPON?
15678	Well, what next?"
15678	What do you think about it, Jim?"
15678	What for?"
15678	What is he driving at?"
15678	What is the little room in the southwest corner for?"
15678	What is this little room for?"
15678	What next, Jill?"
15678	What next?"
15678	What next?"
15678	What next?"
15678	What upon earth are you thinking of?"
15678	What_ will_ it be like?
15678	When is he coming?"
15678	Where do you say the library is?"
15678	Why did n''t you tell me?"
15678	Why do n''t you go to a furniture store and get what you want first- hand?
15678	Will Bessie be here?"
15678	Will you kindly allow us to have a glimpse of the interior?"
15678	Will you pile them up one above another or set them in a row on the ground?
15678	Will you walk into my parlor?"
15678	Will your horse stand?"
15678	Wo n''t it look like an institution or a row of tenements if it is strung out in a line?"
15678	You_ will_ forgive me, wo n''t you, Jill, dear?
15678	[ Illustration: THE POOR BUT MODEST ATTORNEY''S COTTAGE]"Do n''t you think the room would look rather bare without a mantel?
15678	_ Is_ it about floors, Jill?"
15678	where have you laid your conscience?
15678	whispered Bessie, and then, turning to their host, inquired--"Do you use it every day?"