



seek for his models among the fragments of his own country 

 but again, unfortunately, instead of houses, he can only hav< 



recourse to castles, cathedrals, abbies, and colleges; many of 

 which have been so mutilated and disfigured by modern repairs, 

 by converting castles into palaces,, and changing convents into 

 dwelling houses, that pointed arches and battlements have be- 

 come the leading features of modern Got hie buildings. The 



detail of parts is studied, but the character of the whole is 



erlooked. No attention is given to that bold and irregular 



outline, which constitutes the real basis and beauiy of the 

 othic character; where, instead of one uniform line of roo 

 and front, some parts project, and others recede: but wherever 

 the roof is visible over the battlements, it seems as if it rose to 



proclaim the triumph of art over science, or carpentry over 

 architecture. The elevation D represents one of these spruce 

 villas, surrounded by spruce firs, attended by Lombardy pop- 



lars, profusely scattered over the face of the country. That 

 at F may be supposed the fragment of some ancient castle or 

 manor-house, repaired and restored, to make it habitable; and 

 that at E is something betwixt the two, which will be further 







noticed. 



The remaining part of this subject more peculiarly belongs 



to the Landscape Gardener, whose province it is to consider 

 the effect of Nature and Art combined: let us examine the two 

 different styles in the two Landscapes in the next Plate. 



In the quiet, calm and beautiful scenery of a tame country, 

 the elegant forms of Grecian art are surely more grateful an 



