NOOKS AND CORNERS PRINTED BY SPOTTISWOODE AND CO., NEW-STREET SQUARE LONDON [Illustration: A French Window] NOOKS AND CORNERS BEING THE COMPANION VOLUME TO ‘FROM KITCHEN TO GARRET’ BY J. E. PANTON AUTHOR OF ‘BY-PATHS AND CROSS-ROADS’ ‘THE CURATE’S WIFE’ ‘A TANGLED CHAIN’ ‘COUNTRY SKETCHES IN BLACK AND WHITE’ ETC. _ILLUSTRATED_ London WARD & DOWNEY 12 YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN 1889 [_All rights reserved_] CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. MOVING HOUSE 1 II. HALLS AND PASSAGES 23 III. NOOKS AND CORNERS 48 IV. THE BILLIARD-ROOM AND LIBRARY 84 V. SHALL WE DO AWAY WITH THE NURSERY? 99 VI. THE GIRLS’ ROOM 113 VII. COMING-OUT AND DRESS 133 VIII. CHRISTENINGS AND WEDDINGS 153 IX. ABOUT THE BOYS 172 X. SOME DOMESTIC DETAILS 190 XI. THE SICK ROOM 209 XII. WHERE SHALL WE GO FOR A CHANGE? 227 ILLUSTRATIONS A FRENCH WINDOW _Frontispiece_ FIGS. PAGE 1. HALL ARRANGEMENT 25 2. OAK BUFFET 28 3. STAIRCASE WINDOW 40 4. A LONDON LANDING 41 5, 6. HALL WARDROBES 44, 45 7. A SUMMER CORNER 53 8. A WINTER CORNER 60 9. ARCHES FOR A DOUBLE ROOM 63 10. SIMPLE MANTEL DRAPING 66 11. A RECESS 69 12. A DRAPED PIANO 72 13. CONSERVATORY DOOR 74