"These rooms, furnished with a fair degree of taste, will present a cosy appearance. The roof covers the building in the same manner as if it had square corners, and is supported by a neat bracket of timber-work. Those who do not fancy this suggestion, can adopt a similar plan with square angles at the corners, and omit the brackets under the roof. The arrangement of the windows in the octagon ends gives better facilities for ventilation than if both windows were on the same line of wall, which they would have to be to preserve the symmetry of a square room."

In the construction of this house use the "balloon frame," because it is stronger and forty per cent cheaper than any other - for a full illustrated description of which see "Woodward's Country Homes." Instead of filling in with brick, sheath outside of the studding horizontally with rough boards, and over this put the siding; a layer of tarred paper placed between would be serviceable. This will make a strong, warm house."