RUDIMENTARY TREATISE ON COTTAGE BUILDING: OR, HINTS FOR IMPROVING THE

ALLEN, C. Bruce. RUDIMENTARY TREATISE ON COTTAGE BUILDING: OR, HINTS FOR IMPROVING THE DWELLINGS OF THE LABORING CLASSES. London: John Weale, 1857. 8vo. Publishers cloth. Frontispiece, (vi), 123, 24 pages. Third edition. The first edition was published in 1849-1850, one of Weale's Rudimentary Treatises with frequent quotes from Dearne and Loudon, this on the benefits modest, but well-designed, domestic architecture as a solution to social ills Allen proposes one solution to the evils of poverty (and the consequent moral failings thus entailed): adequate domestic systems and sufficient air circulation. With numerous diagrams of drains and chimneys, elevations and floor plans, specification sheets, estimated costs, etc.