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49. A.

The business section - some 2,000
vols. devoted to Science Engineering and
Architecture, is limited in its
attractions except to the technically
trained student; - never the less, a
two - volumed Parisian folio of
1559 graphically illustrating the architecture
of various dwellings, big and
little, usually interests because many
of the houses and in
some cases the barns and
stockyards are surrounded by
a moat, and the single entrance
closed by the lifting of a hinged
bridge. The drawings [struckthrough] plans in no
case show a human figure, yet
they vividly suggest times of
unrest and insecurity - when
the ladies of the house - if
alone - where not anxious
to received either morning