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mansion, or a Doric lodge for a Corinthian villa ; but never 

 two distinct styles on the same place (a Gothic gate-house 

 and a Grecian residence) without producing in minds 

 imbued with correct principles a feeling of incongruity. 

 2V certain correspondence in size is also agreeable ; where 

 I he dwelling of the proprietor is simply an ornamental 

 cottage, the lodge, if introduced, should be more simple and 

 unostentatious ; and even where the house is magnificent, 

 the lodge should rather be below the general air of the 

 residence than above it, that the stranger who enters at a 

 showy and striking lodge may not be disappointed in the 

 want of correspondence between it and the remaining 

 portions of the demesne. 



[Fig. 57. The New G;ite Lodge at Blithewood.] 



The gate-lodge at Blithewood, on the Hudson, the seat 

 of R. Donaldson, Esq., is a simple and effective cottage in 

 the bracketed style octagonal in its form, and very com- 

 pactly arranged internally. 



Nearly all the fine seats on the North river have entrance 



