Excerpt from Common-Sense Stair Building and Handrailing: Handrailing in Three Divisions, Showing Three of the Simplest Methods Known in the Art, With Complete Instructions for Laying Out and Working Handrails Suitable for Any Kind of a Stair, Straight, Circular or Elliptical It must be remembered that the reader of this book is supposed to have a considerable knowledge regard ing the various methods of building the stair proper in all its different forms, for without this knowledge it will be impossible to understand the method of laying out and constructing a rail, even for a straight stair having a ramp at the newel post There is a book entitled stair-building Made Easy, price one dollar, which teaches, in a very simple manner, the proper way to lay out the carcass of a stair, and all new begin ners who have not Obtained a fair knowledge on the subject should procure one of these books, which, in conjunction with this work, will fully equip any young man with all the information he will ever likely require regarding the art of stair-building and handrailing. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.