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Ipsden House: READE, red, Charles, English novelist and play-writer: b. Ipsden House, Oxfordshire, June 8, 1814; d. Shepherd's Bush, London, April 11, 1884. He was graduated at Oxford in 1835, at which he obtained a fellowship, and was called to the bar in 1843, but, finding literature more attractive than law, devoted himself to the former and never practised. He became first known by a comedy (in conjunction with Tom Taylor) called Masks and Faces, which he presently elaborated as the novel of Peg W offing ton (1852).
There are also notable examples of with an atrium (an interior court surrounded 1$ rooms). Some of these are of relatively ancie construction, such as the House with the Wood Partition, the Samnite House, and the House -5^51 Neptune and Amphitrite. Of unusual design £jt(,er the great villas in the southern part of the ci including the House of Argo, the House of t Hostelry, the House of the Mosaic Atrium, a the House of the Deer. In these houses the t ditional plan is modified. The peristilia (cole naded courtyards), the gardens, reception haj and other rooms were oriented toward the sot in order to take advantage of the view towa the sea.
Economic position: One of man's great problems, as a house mouse damages property, food, and clothing
It is thought that the common, unwelcome house mouse probably originated somewhere in Asia, but it has spread throughout Europe, America, and practically the entire world. The house mouse is always found accompanying man in every environment.
Although the house mouse is a pest, it does make an interesting and gentle pet. |
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