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tucked awaj in some bj-corner where the family and 

 its guests must apparently sneak afound some project- 

 ing angle into it for fear of observation. In the other, 

 every thing else is sacrificed to a showy entrance-door 

 with its flashy dressings, and a splendid approach. 

 The architect of true taste will do neither. lie vrill 

 take a medium course, and ^how that his dwelling has 

 both an approach and a front door, and give his parlors 

 and principal rooms a good position to command, each 

 in their own character, a proper view of the most eli- 

 gible points belonging to them. Climate must some- 

 what govern in all these arrangements, and as our au- 

 thor writes for the humid, cloudy skies of Britain, we 

 differ somewhat from his recommendation of throwing 

 the main entrance-door into a " secondary position in 

 relation to the grounds and the public rooms." In 

 American climates the principal door should be seen 

 at once by everj^ one who approaches the house, and 

 the approach to it be bold and unmistakable. A 

 veranda to a villa we M-ould always have, let the style 

 of building be what it may ; and this veranda should 

 not, unless for some extraordinary purpose, such as 

 commanding a surpassingly fine view, or sheltering 

 some exposed part of the house, be carried above the 

 first story. It should be broad, never less than ten 

 feet for a substantial villa, and in some cases twelve. 

 A narrow, pinched veranda is a pretense only, and 

 should never be built. For all useful objects and ap- 

 peai-ance, the house is better without it. 



Stablos, and stable-yards, and the approaches lead- 

 ing to them, should be thrown as far from the house 

 as due convenience, and the area of the grounds will 

 admit. Stables breed innun:!erable flies in hot weather. 



