410 LANDSCAPE G A1!D^!^'ING. 



cocks and finials, the crow-stepped gables, and the hall 

 paved with Dutch tiles, are among the ancient and 

 venerable ornaments of the houses of the original 

 settlers of Manhattan, now almost extinct among us. 

 There is also a quiet keeping in the cottage and th 

 grounds around it, that assists in making up the charm 

 of the whole ; the gently swelling slope reaching down 

 to the Vv"ater's edge, bordered by prettily wooded ravines 

 through which a brook meanders pleasantly ; and thread- 

 ed by foot-paths ingeniously contrived, so as sometimes 

 to afford secluded walks, and at others to allow fine 

 vistas of the broad expanse of river scenery. The 

 cottage itself is now charmingly covered with ivy and 

 climbing roses, and embosomed in thickets of shrubbery. 



Mr. Sheldon's residence (Fig. 60), in the same neigh- 

 borhood, furnishes us with another example of the Rural 

 Gothic mode, worth the study of the amateur. Captain 

 Perry's spirited cottage, near Sing Sing, partakes of the 

 same features : and we might add numerous other cottages 

 now building, or in contemplation, which show how fast 

 the feeling for something more expressive and picturesque 

 is making progress among us. 



Mr. Warren's residence at Troy, N. Y. (Fig. 61), is 

 a very pretty example of the English cottage, elegantly 

 finished internally as well as externally. A situation in 

 a valley, embosomed with luxuriant trees, would have 

 given this building a more appropriate and charming 

 air than its present one, which, however, affords a 

 magnificent prospect of the surrounding country. 



It is the common practice here to place a portion of 

 what are called the doinestic offices, as the kitchen 

 pantries, etc., in the basement story of the hou.se. 



