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I And My Chimney

In those houses which are strictly double houses — that is, where the hall is in the middle — the fireplaces usually are on opposite sides; so that while one member of the household is warming himself at a fire built into a recess of the north wall, say another member, the former's own brother, perhaps, may be holding his feet to the blaze before a hearth in the south wall — the two thus fairly sitting back to back. Is this well? Be it put to any man who has a proper fraternal feeling. Has it not a sort of sulky appearance? But very probably this style of chimney building originated with some architect afflicted with a quarrelsome family.

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 28
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9781419125140
  • Genres
  • classics, fiction, american, literature, americana
  • Release date
  • 2004