CHAPTER I.

Cottage Life -- Wide Space between the Life of the Hall and that of the Cottage -- the Routine of the Labourer’s Life -- a Blow aimed at his Domestic Security -- a Highland Hut -- a Night passed in one -- Abodes of Poverty called Rookeries -- the Beauty of English Cottages in some Parts of England -- a Thought on seeing such by Professor Wilson -- Delightfulness of some of the Cottages of the Wealthy and Refined 402