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Haworth, B., Esq. M.A. : A Dissertation on the English Poor, stating the 

 Advantages of Edncation, with a Plan for the gradual Abolition of the 

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" No scheme for the amendment of the poor laws merits the least atten- 

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Wetten, Robert, Architect : A Series of Designs for Villas, in the Italian 

 Style of Architecture. To be published in six Parts, each containing one 

 Design, illustrated by Plans, Elevations, and Scenic Views. London. 

 PartL 4to. TwoGroundPlans, an Elevation, and a Perspective View. 6s, 



" The author has been induced to arrange these compositions in the 

 Italian style of architecture at the suggestion of several amateurs, partial 

 to its beauties, who, from the few specimens hitherto published, have re- 

 gretted that it has not been more frequently adopted. He has been further 

 recommended to submit them to public notice, under the impression that 

 this style of architecture is entirely deserving of the high encomiums that 

 were formerly passed upon it, although of late years it has been partially 

 superseded by the Gothic ; and that without destroying the harmony of its 

 proportions, or the beauties of its appearance, it may be accommodated to 

 the means of those who, however they may have felt disposed to patronise 

 the professors of this style, have, hitherto, in some measure been deterred 

 by the apprehensions of expense. 



Design No. I. A Villa prepared for a lady near Bristol {/igs. 108, 109.) 

 is exceedingly handsome in the elevation, and not badly arranged on the 

 ground plan. The principal floor is entered by a loggia (fig. 108. a), which 

 communicates with a vestibule (b), staircase (c), drawing-room (d), breakfast- 

 room (e), dining-room (/), library (g), bath (h), water-closet (i), servants' en- 

 trance (k), larder (/), man's room (?k), scullery (?«), kitchen (o), house-keeper's 

 room (^;), and store room (q). The chief objections which we have to this ar- 

 rangement are, the situation of the water-closet in the interior of the house 



