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Title: Happy-Thought Hall

Author: F. C. Burnand

Release Date: August 12, 2008 [EBook #26281]

Language: English

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HAPPY-THOUGHT
HALL.

BY

F. C. BURNAND,

AUTHOR OF "HAPPY THOUGHTS," "MORE HAPPY THOUGHTS,"
"OUT OF TOWN," &c.

[Illustration]

ILLUSTRATED BY THE AUTHOR

BOSTON:
ROBERTS BROTHERS.
1872.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

THE IDEA--ADVICE--TITLE--PLAN--ON PAPER--SUGGESTION--COST--BOODELS
--OLD FRIENDS--JENKYNS SOAMES--DESIGNS--STAIRCASES--BAYS--
OBJECTIONS--ORDER OF ARCHITECTURE--STABLES--PRICE--GIVEN UP--
CAZELL'S IDEA 1

CHAPTER II.

NOTIONS--GUIDE WANTED--BLACKMEER--CHILVERN--HIS ELEMENT--VIEWS--
OBSERVATIONS--DISCUSSIONS--FISHING--TROUT--SHROPSHIRE--THE LAKE--
THE SOLITARY CASTLE--HERMITS--GAMES--DIFFERENCES--AT THE HOUSE 13

CHAPTER III.

WITHIN--THE HOUSEKEEPER--WINDOWS--INFORMATION--THE ORIEL--VIEW--
FLOOR--MILBURD'S INQUIRY--TYPICAL DEVELOPMENT--MATERIAL--AN EXAMPLE
--CRONE--POOR--MEDITATIONS--THE FRESCO--TAPESTRY--ARMOUR--MICE--
RATS--THE GHOST 19

CHAPTER IV.

ALONE--THE SECRET DOOR--UNSOCIABILITY--THE PICT