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entirely shut up, and only opened to give the visitors a formal 



opens into oue adjoining, 



cold 



P t 



but if such a room 



d the two are fitted up with the same 



they th 



pet, 



lai 



&c 



en 



ecome in some degree one room; and the comfort 



of that which has books, or musical instrument 



tended 



in its space to that which lias only sophas, chairs, and card- 



and thus the living-room is increased in dimensions. 



tabl 



es; 



wh 



en required, with a power of keeping a certain port 



e- 



tached, and not always used for common purposes. 



Secondly, In town houses, the principal rooms for company 

 are generally on the first iloor, and consequent ly the staircase 



leading to them requires a correspondent degree of importance; 



but in the country it is generally more desirable to have 

 principal rooms 



on the ground floor, and conscqiien 



th 



staircase leading only to the bed -rooms does not require to be 

 displayed with the same degree of importance as that of a town 

 house. 





Thirdly, We often hear objections to a Cross-light in a 

 room, from those who take up their opinion on hearsay, with- 

 out thinking for themselves, or from having observed in a town 

 house, at the corner of a street, the troublesome effect from noise 



and from the thorough light, rendering the room loo public to 

 the street and to the opposite houses. This, however, in the 

 country, is totally different, where an additional window gives 

 new landscapes and new aspects. If the room be lighted from 

 the end by two windows, it will leave the opposite (iid of the 

 room dark and dull; while a window or glazed aperture (at A) 



