Part One
The Story of the House

ILLUSTRATIONS

I—The Entrance GatesPage [3]
II—Ye Hospitable Porch[5]
III—The Hall Fire-place[7]
IV—An Ingle-Nook[9]
V—The Library Window[13]
VI—My Lady’s Casement[15]
VII—Amid Gables and Dormers[17]
VIII—Among the Chimney-tops[19]
IX—The Loggia and Terrace[21]
X—The Garden Sun-dial and Exedra[23]

O fortunate, O happy day,

When a new household finds its place

Among the myriad homes of earth,