o- WOODMYTH & FABLE 



In time these savages developed a crude 

 civilization of their own. They acquired 

 something of the art of building, and w^hen 

 they set about making a nevv^ dw^elling 

 they had always for models those that had 

 been their fathers' guides. Accordingly, 

 each new dwelling was made as an im- 

 mense factory chimney; a few holes were 

 punctured in its sides for light and air, 

 floors were bungled in, the upper half of 

 the chimney was pulled down, and lo! a 

 dwelling expensive, inconvenient, and 

 absurd, but on the line of the "grand old 

 classics" that had been preserved by their 

 *' innate nobleness and hallowed by tra- 

 dition.'* 



This fable is especially commended to 

 those architects who try to turn everything 

 into a Greek temple. 



