Produced by Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, Jana Srna and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was made using scans of public domain works in the International Children's Digital Library.) [ Transcriber's Note: Inconsistent hyphenation and spacing of abbreviations have been retained as in the original. Corrections of spelling and punctuation are listed at the end of this file. ] 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 PICTURE--GRIM THOUGHTS-- ONE CHEERFUL IDEA--MELON--HIDING--CRUEL JOKES--SPIRAL--ANGLES-- ASSASSINS--WHITE LADY--A COMFORT--NERVES--THE DOOR--A GROWL--SNIFFS --A FOLLOWER--REASONING--SAD THOUGHTS--OUT AT LAST 24 CHAPTER V. ON THE ROOF--DOWN AGAIN--FURTHER INSPECTION--VARIETY--ELIZABETHAN-- NORMAN--COLOUR--RAYS--FILTERED--CUI BONO?--SUGGESTION--PLAY IN STORE--THE STABLES--PREVIOUS TENANTS--GOOD INTENTIONS--NAME 31 CHAPTER VI. CHOOSING A PARTY. ROOMS--DECISION--ODD MEN--RETURN--ARRANGEMENTS--THEORIES-- OBJECTIONS--PROPOSITIONS--ELECTIONS--THE LADIES--WHO'S HOST?-- GUESTS--HOSTESS--MORE PROPOSALS--GRANDMOTHERS--AUNTS--HALF-SISTERS --SISTERHOOD PROPOSED--GRAND IDEA--CHAPERONS--TERMS--IDEAL--A PROFESSION--A DEFECT--OR ADVANTAGE--ADDITIONAL ATTRACTIONS--OLD MAN --DULNESS--THEATRICAL--PLANS--THE PRESIDENT--EXPLANATION--IDEA 36 CHAPTER VII. THE NEW ORDER.