ADVICE FOR LACKLAND 



"I don't wish a carriage drive to my door- 

 step, when my door is only fifty feet from the 

 road by a tape-Hne. 



"I don't want to pull down or to move the 

 present house, because in so doing I should 

 sacrifice a capital cellar, which I must do the 

 previous owner the justice to say, has been 

 capitally arranged. 



"I don't want such a great array of fences; 

 I don't want a labyrinth of walks; I don't 

 want my garden so near the street as that 

 chance passers-by shall see me in my shirt 

 sleeves and hail me with: 'Hello! Squire, 

 what you goin' to ask a peck for them pa'- 

 snips ?' 



"I do want a little of good elbow-room 

 about the house and entrance, as if I were not 

 in momentary fear of an incursion of pigs 

 from the back yard; I do want a garden of 

 somewhat larger area, where I can grub away 

 at my will ; and if you draw me a plan, put at 

 least a fourth of the whole land into herbs 

 and garden stuff. I want the view kept of the 

 village spire, and the background of sea, and 

 some lounging place from which I may look 

 upon it at my leisure. I want a poultry-yard 

 of such dimensions that I may count upon 

 a fresh egg every day to my breakfast; I 



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