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character of its own., being large and ample, the roof or ceil- 

 inar ribbed or oroined, and the floor often inlaid with marble 

 tiles. A corresponding and suitable style of finish with 

 Gothic details, ran through all the different apartments, each 

 of which, instead of being finished and furnished with the 

 formal sameness here so prevalent, displayed according to 

 its peculiar purposes, as the dining-room, drawing-room, 

 library, etc. a marked and distinctive air. 



[Fig. 35. Residence uf the Auiliurat Newljurgli, N. Y.] 



We have thus particularized the Tudor mansion, because 

 we believe that for a cold country like England or the Uni- 

 ted States, it has unrivalled claims upon the attention of 

 large landed proprietors, or those who wish to realize in a 

 country residence the greatest amount of comfort and enjoy- 

 ment. With the addition here, of a veranda, which the 

 cool summers of England render needless, we believe the 

 Tudor Gothic to be the most convenient and comfortable, 

 and decidedly the most picturesque and striking style, for 



