Excerpt from Lighting the Home Effects upon the mood or expression of the room. We crave variety throughout the byways of life and in artificial light we have a mobile medium which can do much in reducing the monotony of our environment. The primary aim of this book is to broaden the view toward lighting to an extent worthy of the potentiality of modern light. This is ever a keynote in the following pages, even in the discussion of details. It has been the intention to establish an intimacy with lighting efiects, Whether dealing with general principles or with specific problems. The former are dealt with in the early chapters and the latter in the next group. Attention is confined primarily to dis tribution of light until the closing chapters are reached. These provide glimpses into the depths where color accumulated its powers. In the final chapter the production and use of colored light are discussed with the hope that the householder will be aided in introducing some of the charm of color into lighting. Complete control over the distribution and quality of light is possible. The former pro vides the values and the latter the drapery. 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.