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within the indosure ; keeping in view, hov/ever, an 

 avoidance of incongruity in what would mar its ex- 

 ternal etfect, a!id injure its value to one of like tastes 

 and circumstances. 



It is well to note, that your retired Englishman is a 

 different man, both in liimself, and in Ijis family, from 

 the American. The Englishman withdraws into his 

 household walls, from his office, or his counting-room, 

 and dinner ends the day with him — out of doors. The 

 American sallies out to his place of business after his 

 midday meal, returns to his home for '- tea," and walks 

 out in the sunset and twilight to look over his grounds, 

 or enjoys with his family an evening on the veranda. 

 Climate measurably forms the tastes and habits of 

 each ; and each will build to comport with his own 

 predilections, and humor. Thus, the one will place 

 the windowless and doorless walls of his house close 

 upon the street, with a forbidding frown to the passer- 

 by, while the hidden interior grounds are reserved for 

 the sole enjoyment of his family and friends. The 

 other throws the open, dressy front of his house to the 

 public gaze, and lays the tastiest portion of his lawn, 

 or garden, out for the world to look upon. Educated 

 to the latter, the American will differ materially in his 

 conclusions from our author, who, with the generality 

 of his countrymen, think it to be none of the world's 

 business how they live, or what they do inside of their 

 own castle inclosure. — Ed. 



Style and Auraxgement of the House. — ^These are 

 subjects which have probably occupied the attention 

 of a gentleman who has resolved to form for himself a 

 suburban residence, even before he has taken any steps 

 to procure a site in a particular localit}-. Examinino- 

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