A Treatise on Domestic Economy; For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School

is designed for this plan. [Illustration: Fig. 27. Ground-plan. _b, b_, Entry. _c_, Stairs. _d_, Parlor, 16 by 20 feet. _e_, Dining-room, 15 by 16 feet. _f_, Kitchen, 15 by 16 feet. _g, g, g_, Closets. _h_, Store-closet. _i_, Back entry. _j_, Pantry. _k, k, k_, Fireplaces. _x_, Cellar stairs.] [Illustration: Fig. 28. Second Story. _a, a, a, a_, Bedrooms. _b_, Stairs. _c, c, c_, Closets. _d_, Passage. _e, e, e_, Fireplaces. _y_, Garret stairs.] [Illustration: Fig. 29. Ground-floor. _b_, Entry. _c_, Parlor, 17 by 17 feet. _d_, Dining-room, 13 by 15 feet. _e_, Parlor or Bedroom, 17 by 17 feet. _f_, Kitchen, 19 by 17 feet. _g_, Stairs. _h_, Store-closet. _i, i, i_, Closets. _n, n, n, n_, Fireplaces. _o_, Folding-doors. _p_, Pegs for over-garments. _z_, Cellar stairs.] [Illustration: Fig. 30. Second Story. _a, a, a, a, a_, Bedrooms. _b_, Stairs. _c_, Passage. _d, d, d, d_, Closets. _e, e, e, e_, Fireplaces.] Figures 29 and 30, are plans for a larger house, which can have either of the elevations, Fig. 25 or 26, adapted to it. These also have a concealed staircase, for front and back use. If a nursery, or bedroom, is wished, on the ground-floor, the back parlor, _e_, can be taken; in which case, the closets, _i_, _i_, are very useful. To prevent noise from reaching the front parlor, two sets of folding-doors, each side of the passage, _o_, could be placed. With this arrangement, these rooms could be used, sometimes as two parlors, opening into each other, by folding doors, and at other times, as a nursery and parlor. In this plan, the storeroom, _h_, and china-closet, _i_, between the kitchen and eating-room, are a great convenience. Figures 31 and 32, present the plan of a Gothic cottage, which secures the most economy of _labor_ and _expense_, with the greatest amount of _convenience and comfort_, which the writer has ever seen. [Illustration: Fig. 31.] The elevation, (Fig. 31,) exhibits the front view. It has a recess in the central part, under which, is the door, with a window on each side of it. This