CHAP TEE II. 

 THE NEW* EDEK 



THE LIVING-BOOM. THE CLIMATE. OPENINGS SKYWARD. WHAT 

 MOKE ? A SIMPLE SPECIMEN. 



'HE site of the old Eden, they say, is forever 

 lost. Well, it could be of no possible use to 

 us now. Were we to find it, we could not 

 occupy it. Besides, we have each the power to 

 open a new Eden of our own. The site of that 

 is the question of present interest. Where shall 

 our Eden be ? 



THE LIVING-ROOM. 



"In the old house at home," of course. The conser- 

 vatory or greenhouse being " out of the question," as you 

 say, the only place available is the "living-room" at 

 home. But a real Eden always means home. It would 

 be much less than Eden, or none at all, if we could not 

 live in it. So it is settled that ours must be just where 

 we are. If, however, there is an opportunity of choosing 

 between different rooms, we may wejl accept it. 



TheTolcfren is ufluii the betsL place to be found, espe- 

 cially if it is large, and has sunny windows. It is more 

 likely than other rooms to have an atmosphere charged 

 with moisture, and frequently changed by the temporary 

 opening of an outside door, besides being left in darkness 

 after the work of the day is finished. And does not the 

 kitchen need to be made more like an Eden than it ordi- 

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