Excerpt from The Faith of the Fathers: A Play in Three Acts At its inception, a decorator had treated it as a color unit, hampered by such impediments as the architect structurally put into his way; and the color idea has, on the whole, been maintained through the various changes the room has since undergone. The treatment is brown against green: the floor is stained brown, the walls with their sweep of built-in bookshelves are of oak, the Wil liam and. Mary and the late Jacobean furniture is of oak, the fireplace against the rear wall is in a rough brown brick, the ceiling is beamed in oak; the required green is in the upholstering, inthe pongee silk casement curtains, in the handsomely brocaded velour cushions, and in the velour portieres. SO much for the color impression. The room itself is long, with a door to the right which Opens into the living room, a door in the upper right hand corner to which two steps rise which lead to the hall, and case ment windows at the left which look out on a garden. The dominating sense Of furnishings is in the several thousand books which are marshalled from floor to ceil ing on all sides. The other outstanding features are a spacious library table at the right, placed near the sit ting room door which opens almost against it; a long, finely carved bench before the fireplace; and a deep, comfortable settle before the windows on the left. Sev eral arm chairs and wing chairs are placed so as to properly fill out the room, while a gateleg table on the Ieft of the fireplace holds handsome tea utensils. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.