72 SKETCHES BY A PRACTISING ARCHITECT. 



hibits a restored elevation of the portico of the 

 Parthenon :" — 



"Aye,^ — just Hke the front of the India House. 

 Very pretty. What's this V 



"The Pantheon, sir:"— 



" It looks to me like the Colosseum (as they call it,) 

 in the Regent's Park, — very pretty. What's this ?" 



" The Lantern of Demosthenes." 



" A Lantern, eh ? It's Hke a spice box. Where did 

 they put the candles ? Very pretty. What's this ? a 

 turnpike lodge ?" 



" No, sir : the temple of the winds." 



" Indeed ! well, it does somewhat resemble a chim- 

 ney pot. What's that standing all alone there in the 

 fields?" 



" The Temple of Theseus." 



" 'Twould make a pretty cow-shed. Well, sir ; I 

 must look' at the remainder another day ; and now to 

 business." 



^ [The feelings of the young architect during the fore- 

 going colloquy can be fully understood by those few 

 alone who professionally, or as amateurs, have studied 

 ornamental architecture in its details. They, who 

 entertain any feeling for the art in a general sense, 

 would, of course, be sufficiently disgusted : but, to the 

 young professor, who reveres the smallest moulding in 

 the least important example of antiquity, such a lace- 

 ration of forms adored must prove no less than ghastly ! 

 However, the prospect of a job aids the endurance of 

 the offence ; and there is further comfort in considering, 

 that the new country mansion will address itself, not 

 merely to the eyes of the ignorant Fullmoney, but to 

 the informed beholding of his visitors and the passing 

 stranger. What a portico will he have ! What a 

 vestibule and staircase ! How choice and appropriate 

 shall be the decorations ! How massive and firm the 

 construction !] 



The patron thus developes his purpose to the ex- 

 pectant professor : — 



" Now, sir, you have, possibly, heard of my having 



