. The country home. that you select be without a house; but have a groveand an orchard, or at least a few trees. It mayhave been a pasture; and if so the soil will not bebarren, although it will greatly need cultivation.More likely, in buying an old place you will findconfusion. A dozen ideas of successive ownersor tenants will have grown over each other, andcreated a snarl, which will tax your patience tostraighten out. We must, however, get at this matter more spe-cifically, and find out what each one proposes to doin the country. That is not very unlike asking,What are you . What do you wan
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. The country home. that you select be without a house; but have a groveand an orchard, or at least a few trees. It mayhave been a pasture; and if so the soil will not bebarren, although it will greatly need cultivation.More likely, in buying an old place you will findconfusion. A dozen ideas of successive ownersor tenants will have grown over each other, andcreated a snarl, which will tax your patience tostraighten out. We must, however, get at this matter more spe-cifically, and find out what each one proposes to doin the country. That is not very unlike asking, What are you . What do you want of the trees andthe soil ? I should like to feel that every one of youintend to establish frank, honest relations withthe material world — or a piece of it — yourselffurnishing the soul. That is, you mean to openyour mind to the physical universe; and so let theuniverse open its mind to you. You do not intendto build a home with your eyes shut, and your earsshut, and even your sense of smell aborted. Of [22] i. two] selecting a home course not, you say; it is absurd to suppose it.It is absurd, sure enough; but I am confident thatmost people in the country do not see, or hear, oreven smell adequately. They know almost nothingof what is going on about them. Any bird is just abird. An apple tree is an apple tree, and nothingmore. They have no intimate acquaintancesamong the bushes and the animal creatures. Yes, said a visitor, this is fine; but it must be awfullylonesome. I said, I had forgotten that. It isindeed lonesome until you get acquainted. Doyou hear that tree toad ? He is an acquaintance ofmine. Do you hear that catbird ? He is a closefriend of mine. Then do you see that every bushand every tree I myself have planted, and I knowits life-thought and purpose? Lonesome.-^ Thecity is the place in which to be all alone. The day laborer, the lawyer, the merchant, theschool teacher are all seeking country homes for dif-ferent reasons. I have a letter from a Philadelphiascho