[N the other side of Rome, in the opposite 

 direction from Frascati, there were some 

 extremely interesting villas, but the low- 

 ness of the land and the unhealthy character of 

 the campagna have long made them uninhabitable, 

 and in most cases all that remain of them are 

 interesting ruins in the midst of fields and past- 

 *ures. Percier and Fontaine have made restoration 

 of some of these, and it was in the author's vain en- 

 deavors to discover the site of the Villa Sachetti that 

 one much less important in itself was discovered, but 

 so compact, admirable, and simple in its adjustment 

 to a small area of land that it was thought worthy of 

 a particularly careful study. This is another Villa 

 Falconieri, though in no way connected with the one 

 at Frascati. It is not distinguished by an elaborate- 

 ness of architecture or by the extent of its gardening, 

 but is rather something of a compromise between the 

 villa of a nobleman and the residence of a wealthy 



