Coleman, Oliver · New York, Fox Duffield & Company · leaf 78
oar to a serener sphere. The true placefor a study, therefore, is on an upper floor, and in the ideal house I wouldhave it a spacious oriel, approached by a hidden staircase. Hawthornesidea was an excellent one—the study in the tower or upper story of hisresidence at Concord, which he approached by… … library to be sacred to its books: There is my seat, that is my throne. Iendeavour to make my rule therein absolute, and sequester that only cornerfrom the communitie of wife, of children and of acquaintance. ElsewhereI have but a verbal authoritie, of confused essence. Miserable in my mindeis he…
Architecture, Domestic
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