BUILDING. 



17 



NORTH. 



w 



M 



W 



K 



B 



= H 



V 



w w 



The wide veranda very pleasant in itself shuts off 

 the winter sun by the time it is two hours high, and the 

 rooms are arranged with such ingenious stupidity that 

 those in common use have no sunlight whatever for the 

 remainder of the day. To be sure, in summer it is "de- 

 lightfully cool " in this house, (so it is in most caves 

 and dungeons ! ) 

 and always there 

 is some one of the 

 numerous family 

 " ailing" within its 

 walls which is not 

 at all delightful. 



In plan number 

 four is a house cost- 

 ing many hundreds 

 less, but worth 

 many thousands 

 more, because it is 

 so cheerfully and 

 healthfully light- 

 ed. The dining- 

 room which in 

 my opinion should 

 always have a large 



east window IS F ? Veranda ; H, Hall ; S, Sitting-room ; />, 



Dining-room ; J3, Bedroom ; c, c. Clothes-press 



the least pleasant, and Bath-room ; K, Kitchen ; P, Pantry ; M, 



especially on rainy Milk-room; w; Wood-house. * 



mornings ; but a fire in the open stove or fire-place, and the 

 mirror above it reflecting the window opposite, make it a 

 very tolerable room. On the second floor are four large 

 sunny bedrooms, and above is a long, well-lighted garret 

 or attic, which makes a fine play-room for the children 

 in stormy weather. 



Plan number five was designed for a young farmer of 

 small family and small means, and Is found to be delight- 



SOUTH. 

 Fig. 4. A WELL-LIGHTED HOUSE. 



