In Winter Quarters 



unheard-of places has since discovered 

 that when in the mood he can with 

 just a little adventitious aid summon 

 for his own enjoyment and entertain- 

 ment great picture galleries, through 

 which he can wander at will for hours 

 and forget that he is really alone. 

 Incidental reference has already been 

 made to the power in this respect of 

 certain photographs and' etchings that 

 form a part of the furnishing of the 

 bookroom. These make their appeal 

 through the eye; but his mind responds 

 even more readily and more com- 

 pletely to suggestions coming in the 

 form of sound waves. 



It is plain to be seen that this habit 

 of projecting one's self out into space, 

 wherever the sound or the picture or 

 the book may suggest, has its manifest 

 advantages. It is more comfortable 

 and less expensive, for instance, 

 stretched out on a good old davenport, 

 to sail the seas with Fenimore Cooper, 

 Clark Russell, Jack London or Con- 

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