ADVICE FOR LACKLAND 



Upon this I ventured to send him this little 

 plan of adaptation, which, though not without 

 a good many faults that could be obviated in 

 building anew, yet promised to meet very 

 many of their wants, and gave to Lackland 

 his sunny frontage. 



"Here you have," I wrote him, "your south 

 door, and porch to lounge upon, and your 

 south bow window to your library, which, if 

 the rural tastes grow upon you, you can ex- 

 tend into a conservatory, covering the whole 

 southern flank of the apartment. The parlor, 

 too, has its two south windows, and although 



I should have preferred to place the chimney 

 upon the northern side, to the exclusion of the 

 window there, yet it seemed best to make use 



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