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HAPPY-THOUGHT
HALL.
BY
F. C. BURNAND,
Author of “Happy Thoughts,” “More Happy Thoughts,”
“Out of Town,” &c.
Illustrated by the Author
BOSTON:
ROBERTS BROTHERS.
1872.
CONTENTS.
| CHAPTER I. | |
| THE IDEA—ADVICE—TITLE—PLAN—ON PAPER—SUGGESTION—COST—BOODELS—OLDFRIENDS—JENKYNS SOAMES—DESIGNS—STAIRCASES—BAYS—OBJECTIONS—ORDEROF ARCHITECTURE—STABLES—PRICE—GIVEN UP—CAZELL'S IDEA | 1 |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| NOTIONS—GUIDE WANTED—BLACKMEER—CHILVERN—HIS ELEMENT—VIEWS—OBSERVATIONS—DISCUSSIONS—FISHING—TROUT—SHROPSHIRE—THELAKE—THESOLITARY CASTLE—HERMITS—GAMES—DIFFERENCES—AT THE HOUSE | 13 |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| WITHIN—THE HOUSEKEEPER—WINDOWS—INFORMATION—THE ORIEL—VIEW—FLOOR—MILBURD'SINQUIRY—TYPICAL DEVELOPMENT—MATERIAL—ANEXAMPLE—CRONE—POOR—MEDITATIONS—THE FRESCO—TAPESTRY—ARMOUR—MICE—RATS—THEGHOST | 19 |
| CHAPTER IV.viii | |
| ALONE—THE SECRET DOOR—UNSOCIABILITY—THE PICTURE—GRIM THOUGHTS—ONECHEERFUL IDEA—MELON—HIDING—CRUEL JOKES—SPIRAL—ANGLES—ASSASSINS—WHITELADY—A COMFORT—NERVES—THE DOOR—A GROWL—SNIFFS—AFOLLOWER—REASONING—SAD THOUGHTS—OUT AT LAST | 24 |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| ON THE ROOF—DOWN AGAIN—FURTHER INSPECTION—VARIETY—ELIZABETHAN—NORMAN—COLOUR—RAYS—FILTERED—CUIBONO?—SUGGESTION—PLAY INSTORE—THE STABLES—PREVIOUS TENANTS—GOOD INTENTIONS—NAME | 31 |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
| CHOOSING A PARTY. | |
| ROOMS—DECISION—ODD MEN—RETURN—ARRANGEMENTS—THEORIES—OBJECTIONS—PROPOSITIONS—ELECTIONS—THELADIES—WHO'S HOST?—GUESTS—HOSTESS—MOREPROPOSALS—GRANDMOTHERS—AUNTS—HALF-SISTERS—SISTERHOODPROPOSED—GRAND IDEA—CHAPERONS—TERMS—IDEAL—APROFESSION—A DEFECT—OR ADVANTAGE—ADDITIONAL ATTRACTIONS—OLDMAN—DULNESS—THEATRICAL—PLANS—THE PRESIDENT—EXPLANATION—IDEA | 36 |
| CHAPTER VII. | |
| THE NEW ORDER. | ...|