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but the blaze of them is not equal to the blaze 

 of sunshine. Do what you will with the north 

 side, but the parlor must look to the south, 

 and the library (of course) and the dining- 

 room, and — without going up-stairs— there 

 must, if possible, be a billiard-room and a bed- 

 room, looking the same sunny way. In brief, 

 my notion is, to have a house with plenty of 

 room, and no north side to it. Can the prob- 

 lem be solved? 



"I don't care for shape, if it be only pictu- 

 resque, and meet the wants I have named above 

 A considerable slope of the land toward the 

 west upon the locality I have chosen, (keeping 

 all the old charming views in leash) will admit 

 of an airy basement at the western end, and 

 full windows (two of them) to the south. 

 This would furnish a good spot for billiards, 

 if you can contrive a respectable stairway 

 down from the hall ; and if the billiard-room 

 opens out westwardly into a special conserva- 

 tory, where one can smoke his cigar to kill the 

 red spiders (or green ones, I forget which), 

 all the better. 



"What on earth you will do with the north 

 side of the house under this ruling of win- 

 dows and wants, I don't know. I should say 

 a long picture-gallery, if I had pictures. What 



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