Five Acres Too Much A truthful elucidation of the attractions of the country, and a careful consideration of the question of profit and loss as involved in amateur farming, with much valuable advice and instruction to those about purchasing large or small places in the rural districts

CHAPTER II.

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A HOUSE, PLANS, AND SPECIFICATIONS.

Wonderful architectural Genius of the Author.--He admires himself and consults his Friends.--Difficulties in obtaining “just the Thing.”--Want of Time.--Free Trade in Houses advocated as superior to Home Production.--The imported Article falls into the Hands of a Philistine named Barney.--A fresh Arrival.--The House comes, but the Builder does not.--The Charge of the Light Brigade, and Flight of the Housekeeper.....37