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style. He who has a passionate love of pictures, and espe- 

 cially fine landscapes, will perhaps, very naturally, prefer the 

 modern Italian style for a country residence. The wealthy 

 proprietor, either from the romantic and chivalrous associa- 

 tions connected with the baronial castle, or from desire to 

 display his own resources, may indulge his fancy in erecting 

 a castellated dwelling. The gentleman who wishes to real- 

 ize the beau ideal of genuine old English country residence, 

 with its various internal comforts and spirited exterior, may 

 establish himself in a Tudor villa or mansion ; and the lover 

 of nature and rural life, who, with more limited means, takes 

 equal interest in the beauty of his grounds or garden, however 

 small, and his house; who is both an admirer of that kind of 

 beauty called the picturesque, and has a lively perception 

 of the effect of a happy adaptation of buildings to the land- 

 scape, such a person will very naturally make choice of the 

 rural cottage style. 



Entrance Lodges are not only handsome architectural 

 objects in the scenery of country residences of large size, but 

 are in many cases exceedingly convenient, both to the family 

 and the guests or visiters having frequent ingress and egress. 

 The entrance lodge may further be considered a matter 

 strictly useful, in serving as the dwelling of the gardener or 

 farmer with his family. In this point of view, arrangements 

 for the comfort and convenience of the inmates should be 

 regarded as more important than the fanciful decoration of 

 the exterior — as no exterior, however charming, can, in a 

 reflective and well regulated mind, apologise for contracted 

 apartments, and imperfect light and ventilation, in human 

 habitations. 



