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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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A VILLAGE OR FARM COTTAGE. 



This is one of the beautiful designs which we 

 have promised, from the work entitled "Village 

 and Farm Cottages," by the Messrs. Cleveland 

 & Backus Buothers, of New York. Come, and 

 look at it, and see how inviting it is in every par- 

 ticular. Criticise its proportions, observe its ap- 

 proaches and surroundings. See how rui'al it i^, 

 and yet how modestly dignified and attractive. No 

 wonder a woman approaches it, "last, best gift." 

 Beyond the close fence is the garden ; now be 

 seated on the piazza, under the luxuriant grape 

 vines, and see how completely that agrees with the 

 mansion itself. It is not an ornamental garden, it 

 cei-tainly is not purely a kitchen garden. It has no 

 pretensions, but like the house, it supplies the wants 

 of the family with everything it can in its way. — 



How convenient to drive to the door, or turn and 

 drive away to the stable. No sharp angles in the 

 way, no frightful sinuosities to torture your carriage 

 wheels, and give them a cramp for life. Every- 

 thing is easy, and natural, and unsophisticated 

 about it. 



Will all this have an influence on its occupants ? 

 Who can tell ? Has architecture, and art, wlieiher 

 on the House or on the Soil, any moral bearing on 

 the heart? on the character? on the hnppiiic<s of 

 the family? Who can tell? Will the shade of 

 Inigo Jones reply ? 



"In exterior and future, this design has consid- 

 erable claim to originality. There are two large 

 bays on the front, one in the parlor and the other 

 in the hall. The main entrance is at the side of 

 the latter. This is from a porch, partly enclosed 

 l)y these projections, and covered by an overhang- 

 ing roof. 



There are four good chambers on 



THE FIRST FLOOR PLAN. 



THE SECOND FLoOR PLAN. 



