Green fields and whispering woods; or, The recreations of an American "country gentleman"; embracing journeys over his farm and excursions into his library . 3d MOTTOES FOR KSIPTER HI. )^all I sonqet^ging you about myself? !)o I live in a house you would like to see? Robert Browning. Fipst on the greer) Id l^ave a low, broad Irjouge ! Leigh Hunt. Vasfee, ar)d feeling, ar)d thought, ar)d experience, andkqow^ledge of fetjig lifes cor)cepr)s, are all irjdispensable tot^e delighjts the ingagiqation experierjces ir) beholding abeautiful bor)a fide cottage. * * * It must be thje dwelligg of tlje poo
Green fields and whispering woods; or, The recreations of an American "country gentleman"; embracing journeys over his farm and excursions into his library . 3d MOTTOES FOR KSIPTER HI. )^all I sonqet^ging you about myself? !)o I live in a house you would like to see? Robert Browning. Fipst on the greer) Id l^ave a low, broad Irjouge ! Leigh Hunt. Vasfee, ar)d feeling, ar)d thought, ar)d experience, andkqow^ledge of fetjig lifes cor)cepr)s, are all irjdispensable tot^e delighjts the ingagiqation experierjces ir) beholding abeautiful bor)a fide cottage. * * * It must be thje dwelligg of tlje poop. Recreationsc/CkristcMerNorth. 403. CHAPTEE XXX. HEKE are in the old books ofhusbandry divers strange plansfor farm-houses, with outhousesand accompanying conveniences;all with more or less to commendthem. Many modern works con-tain new schemes for farm dwel-lings, with improved appoint-ments and a greater multitude ofdetails. There are in each andevery plan offered for a ruralestablishment certain excellentfeatures with others not so good,Whenever the time shall arrive—and it is yet far in the future—that the human brain contrivesand the human hand constructs afarm-house with all its necessary belongings, embodying all the good and avoiding all the bad elements suggested, then, and not till then, shall we have the perfect rural home. This domicile Beecher would term the model house, and he gives us, in the Star Papers some hints as to the manner in which such houses are produced: But then [he says] a large house ought to have great diversity; some rooms should have ceilings higher than others; doors should come upo
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