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ally in more common use than any other style, in the United 

 States, it is greatly inferior to the Gothic and its modifica- 

 tions in fitness, including under that head all the comforts 

 and conveniences of country life ; and also from the prevalence 

 of horizontal lines and plain surfaces, it is not found to har- 

 monize with picturesque scenery so happily, as a style afford- 

 ing more bold and varied outlines. 



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[Fig. 24. Grecian Resideoce.] 



We have already avowed that we consider fitness and ex- 

 pression of purpose two leading principles of the first impor- 

 tance in Rural Architecture ; and Grecian architecture in its 

 pure form, viz : the temple, when applied to the purposes of 

 domestic life, makes a sad blow at both these established 

 rules. As a public building, the Greek temple form is per- 

 fect, both as to fitness, (having one or more large rooms) and 

 expression of purpose ; — showing a high broad portico for 

 masses of people, with an ample opening for egress and in- 

 gress. Domestic life, on the contrary, requires apartments 

 of various dimensions, some large and others smaller, which, 

 to be conveniently, 7?iif;st often be irregularly placed, with 

 perhaps openings or windows of different sizes or dimensions. 

 The comforts of a country residence are so various, that ve- 

 randas, porches, wings of different sizes, and many other 



