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Rh 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