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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 water'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, in the same neighborhood, 

 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 fea- 

 tures ; 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, IS". Y., is a very 

 pretty example of the English cottage, elegantly fin- 

 ished 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 domestic offices, as the kitchen 

 pantries, etc., in the basement story of the house 



