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the study of forms which belong to the past. The spirit which animates this old work is simplicity and modesty, and a fuller appreciation of this will go a long way in saving us from the errors in taste which afflict the smaller domestic architecture of French Canada today. Fortunately, as the contents of this book show, there still remain many examples which are always ready to speak, as old stones alone can, of what it is that constitutes beauty and fitness in architecture.
WILLIAM CARLESS, m.b.e., f.r.i.b.a.
