title: Heavenly Mansions: and Other Essays on Architecture (Norton Books for Architects & Designers)
author:  John Summerson 
description: Each essay is a voyage of discovery. What is so interesting and what makes Mr. Summerson the architectural critic of his generation . . . is [an] aversion to dogma. . . . It is supremely well worth reading. -- <i>Spectator</i>
zlib_text: ![](Images/image00041.jpeg) For Eric
  
  and Atush ![](Images/image00050.jpeg)
  
  **THE HEAVENLY TENANTS**
  
   **THE HEAVENLY TENANTS**
  
  William Maxwell
  
  Illustrated by
  
  Ilonka Karasz
  
  DOVER PUBLICATIONS, INC.
  
  MINEOLA, NEW YORK
  
   _Copyright_
  
  Text copyright © 1946 by William Maxwell
  
  Pictures copyright © 1946 by Ilonka Karasz
  
  All rights reserved.
  
   _Bibliographical Note_
  
  This Dover edition, first published in 2017, is an unabridged republication of
  the work originally published by Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York and
  London, in 1946.
  
   _International Standard Book Number_
  
  ISBN-13: 978-0-486-81529-9
  
  ISBN-10: 0-486-81529-3
  
  Printed in China by RR Donnelley
  
  81529301 2017
  
  [www.doverpublications.com](http://www.doverpublications.com)
  
   **CONTENTS**
  
  > > CHAPTER I
  
  > > CHAPTER II
  
  > > CHAPTER III
  
  > > CHAPTER IV
  
  > > > > > > > > > > The Goat ![](Images/image00060.jpeg)
  
  The Water Carrier ![](Images/image00072.jpeg)
  
  The Fish ![](Images/image00054.jpeg)
  
  **1**
  
  All the Marvells except H