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slightest suspicion who "Jeffreys" is, so 

 long as he talks as well as he has done 

 heretofore, we are ready to cry " hear." 

 Yours truly, H. W. S. Cleveland. 



Oatiands, May 18th, 1850. 



Remarks. — We cannot let the opportu- 

 nity, afforded by Mr. Cleveland's excel- 

 lent hint, go by without adding a word or 

 two, corroborating, editorially, his opinion 

 respecting the reluctance existing in a large 

 class of our readers about giving the results 

 of their experience — and results, too, very 



important to them — but which they ima- 

 gine too trifling, or suppose everybody knows 

 them already. 



It is precisely this kind of information 

 that our readers most want ; and we hope 

 those who have it, in any shape, will, as 

 Mr. C. has well said, feel that it is a ditty 

 to make it public. A practice the most fa- 

 miliar and successful in one part of the 

 country, is often quite unknown in another ; 

 and its publication may not only assist be- 

 ginners, but lead to other and better modes, 

 founded upon it. Ed. 



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DESIGN FOR A GOTHIC COUNTRY HOUSE. 



BY AN AMATEUR. 



This design (see frontispiece,) is the pro- 

 duction af an amateur, and has been placed 

 in our hands for publication. 



It is an attempt to produce a good effect 

 in a rather rude and plain Gothic style, with 

 but moderate cost, and without 

 any elaborate ornament. The 

 walls are to be built of common 

 quarry stone, and the whole is 

 to be finished in a simple, and 

 rather rustic manner. 



The plan of the principal 

 floor, offers a rather unusual 

 arrangement. Entering the 

 porch, avc may either go into 

 the office or ante-room, A, or 

 the dining-hall, — a kind of 

 hall and dining-room com- 

 bined. Behind this dining-hall are the 

 kitchen and its conveniences. From it, 

 a passage extends to the right, affording 

 communication with the other apartments. 

 B, is the library ; C, a bed-room. At 

 the end of the passage is an octagon par- 



lor ; and outside of this a veranda, D, extend- 

 ing round five sides of the room. This veran- 

 da is entered by windows reaching to the 

 floor. 



The plan of the second story, (fig. 123,) 



Pig 123.— Chamber Floor. 

 shows five good sized bed-rooms, and two 

 of smaller dimensions. 



Of course, a house in this style could 

 only be erected to advantage on a large 

 lauded property, and where stone is abun- 

 dant as a building material. 



