26 THE HOUSE I LIVE IN. 



your own opinion, after I have told you more 

 about it. 



ITS EXPENSE. Nor is it the most costly. 

 Many a building has cost its millions of dollars. 

 The Capitol at Washington cost two millions, 

 and even the City Hall in New York half 

 a million. The Seville tobacco factory, in 

 Spain, cost six millions. Some European pal- 

 aces, or residences of kings, probably cost a 

 dozen or twenty millions. The house I live 

 in meanwhile, did not probably cost one thou- 

 sand. Indeed it scarcely cost me anything ; 

 for it was found ready to my hand. The ex- 

 pense of the human frame would be much more 

 than it is, were we not more anxious to bring 

 it to maturity as quickly as possible, than to 

 have it strong and firm. In general, the slower 

 the growth of the body, the better. 



ROOMS. Nor does it contain the greatest 

 number of ROOMS that I have ever known in a 

 building. It contains indeed a very large num- 

 ber for so small a place. Perhaps there may 

 be a dozen, or fifteen, or twenty. Whereas the 



