spacious, hung with portraits; here, a case of stuffed
birds; there, another of curiosities; specimens of
various kinds, models of various things, all well
arranged and well kept, all capable of affording
arousement or instruction; an excellent place it was
for children to play in, for at every pause in their
games their little minds would be led to question what
they saw; a charming waiting-room, it might have
been, were it not that, at Edgeworthstown, no one was
ever kept waiting, everything was as well-timed as at
a railway-station. Many of this numerous family at
that period had passed from time to eternity; others
were absent, but there still remained a large family
party. Among them were two of Miss Edgeworth's
sisters, and Mr and Mrs Francis Edgeworth, and their
children,
"The library at Edgeworthstown is by no means the stately, solitary room that libraries generally are; it is large, spacious, and lofty, well-stored with books, and embellished with those most valuable of all classes of prints, the suggestive.' It is also picturesque, having been added to, and supported by pillars, so as to increase its breadth; and the beautiful lawn, seen through the windows, embellished and varied by clumps of trees, imparts much cheerfulness to the exterior. If you look at the oblong table in the centre, you will see the rallying point of the family
