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 FURNITURE FOR COTTAGE DWELLINGS. 317 636 called a settle, and frequently to be met with in public houses. The back forms an excellent screen or protection from the current of sur which is continually passing from the door to the cliimney. The drawers below are deep, and will be found very useful for a variety of purposes. On the back there might be a towel roller ; or, in a superior kind of cottage, the back of the settle might be ornamented with prints or maps, in the manner of a screen. Placed in the open floor, where it would seldom require to be moved, there might even be book shelves fixed to this back, and a flap might be hung to it, with a jib bracket, to serve as a reading or writing table, or for other purposes. Fig. 637 is a handsome Gre- cian bench with turned legs and open back, but without arms at the ends, or drawers under the seat. Fig. 638 is a Gothic bench also without arms or drawers, but with a paneled back and square legs. Fig. 639 is a Design for a handsomer Gothic bench the back of which may either be paneled or open, according to the position, in the kitchen, where it is intended to stand. It has arms and two drawers, and has below the latter a broad shelf about three inches from the ground, on which shoes, &c., may 638 stand, or a dog may have a mat for sleeping upon, scale of half an inch to a fuot. All these benches are to the same