PLATE I: OLD DUTCH OVENSIDE CHAIR WITH THE RARE PRETZEL BACK 4 PAIR OF WONDERFUL OLD FRENCH STATUETTES NOW THE PROPERTY OF DR. TWITCHETT 10 PLATE II: MAGNIFICENT OLD FLAT-FRONT EARLY NEW JERSEY SIDEBOARD DISCOVERED BY PROFESSOR KILGALLEN IN AN OBSCURE PART OF NEWARK 18 PLATE III: FROM PROFESSOR KILGALLEN’S COLLECTION OF BEAUTIFUL OLD WOOD-CARVINGS: FIGURE OF POCAHONTAS; BELIEVED TO BE THE WORK OF JOHN ALDEN 26 OLD NEW ENGLAND PRINT OF THE FIRST MEETING OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY FOR THE POPULARIZATION OF ANTIQUITIES 32 STATUE ERECTED TO PROFESSOR KILGALLEN IN FLORAL PARK CITY, FLORIDA, BY GRATEFUL CITIZENS OF THAT COMMUNITY 42 PLATE IV: PRICELESS BIT OF OLD STAFFORDSHIRE WARE (A PAPER-WEIGHT) COLLECTED BY PROFESSOR KILGALLEN 50 PLATE V: RARE BIT OF OLD WORCESTERSHIRE WARE 58 DR. TWITCHETT AND MRS. AUGUSTULA THOMAS’S HUSBAND (MR. THOMAS) WEARING THE INSIGNIA OF FULL MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY FOR THE POPULARIZATION OF ANTIQUITIES 64 THE GLASS PERFECT 68 PLATE VI: OLD SKIPWORTH WARE: DOG ON PAPER-WEIGHT 74 PLATE VII: PROFESSOR KILGALLEN’S MAGNIFICENT COLLECTION OF EARLY AMERICAN UTENSILS, ALL HAND-WROUGHT, AND SOME OBTAINED FROM THE DESCENDANTS OF THE FAMILIES IN WHICH THE ARTICLES HAD BEEN HANDED DOWN FROM FATHER TO SON 80 PLATE VIII: COLONIAL TRIGLE-STOOL, DISCOVERED IN A NEW HAMPSHIRE WOODSHED, AND PURCHASED FOR A MERE SONG BY PROFESSOR KILGALLEN 86 PLATE IX: COLOGNE CATHEDRAL AS IT IS TO-DAY 94 PLATE X: NEW DESIGN FOR COLOGNE CATHEDRAL 94 PLATE XI: COLONIAL KITCHEN SINK FROM THE OLD PALAVER THOMPSON MANSION IN HAVERHILL 102 PLATE XII: SAMPLER IN THE POSSESSION OF PROFESSOR KILGALLEN’S FAMILY 110 THE PORTE-CHAPEAUX OF NOISETTE À CHEVAL: “RISING IN THE NIGHT, TROUBLE OVER THE YEARNING OF THE BASSINES TO BE REUNITED TO THEIR ORIGINAL SOURCE” 124 “HE KNEW THE OLD MUSICIAN SUFFERED FROM HEADACHES,” ETC. 126 THE BECKET (ACTUAL SIZE) 128 PROFILE VIEW OF THE PORTE-CHAPEAUX OF NOISETTE À CHEVAL RECONSTRUCTED AND IN USE 130 RECEPTION HELD BY THE AMERICAN ACADEMY FOR THE POPULARIZATION OF ANTIQUITIES ON THE LAWN BEFORE THE ACADEMY’S BUILDING AT THE SAN FRANCISCO EXPOSITION 136 OLD VIRGINIA FOUR-POSTER INLAID WITH MAHOGANY 144