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may be so with some kinds of porous stone, but I can testify 

 from my own experience that it is not so with others. A 

 slight furring out on the inside, and lath and plaster, will 

 in all cases remove this objection to any stone. A good 

 stone house is warmer in winter, cooler in summer,* equally 

 dry and healthful, and, if built in convenient and appro 

 priate style, every way much more satisfactory and comfort 

 able than our common, slight-framed buildings. As for the 

 ivy, I think it is one of the most beautiful things God has 



given us, and the man who can and does not let it beautify 

 his habitation, is sinfully ungrateful. It is perfectly hardy, and 

 grows luxuriously on the north side of a house or wall in 

 the climate of New York. (My experience is with the Irish 

 iv 7-) 



The cut represents the schoolmaster s house at Eccleston, 



* In a late rapid change of weather, the thermometer on the outside of 

 my house rose in 18 hours from 19 to 35, while that within the walls re 

 mained stationary at 20, not rising even one degree ! 



