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A Story-and-a-Half Cottage. 



not be beautiful unless profusely covered with what in many 

 cases we must call tawdry ornament. 



T h e conformation, 

 consisting of bold and 

 picturesque projections, 

 embodies more real 

 beauty, excites the ad- 

 miration and detains 

 the eye in nine cases 

 out of ten where a 

 " stove pattern " house 

 is simply seen to be for- 

 gotten or remembered 

 as an evidence of mon- 

 strous and perverted 

 taste. 



The story and a half cottage represented in the engraving is 

 much to our liking. To boldness is added a permanent appear- 

 Muce, a startling and lasting beauty — a house that suggests its 

 being occupied for half a century by the same family. A tawdry 

 cottage makes one think its occupants are cosmopolitan. The 

 building itself may not inaptly be termed erratic, and it may, 

 therefore, insinuate fluctuation in those who bide for a time with- 

 in its carved doors. A low priced cottage should not have a 

 square tower like the elaborate and expensive villa, for the reason 

 that it gives the former a dissatisfied look, as if it would very 

 much like to be a castle or something of the kind, wci'e it not for 

 that insurmountable drawback, a lack of means ; hence a square 

 projection, like the engraving, neatly roofed over, is more in 

 keeping, and comparatively inexpensive. It affords an excellent 

 and economical position for the veranda, and contains Avithin itself a 

 vestibule and prospect room. Over the principle doorway u 

 slight protection is contributed by a small roof, supported by two 

 plainly carved oak brackets. All the terminations of the building 

 are finished off with G moldings. The windows facing the 

 veranda are on a level with the floor, and swing on hinges, 

 making the communication with drawing-room quite convenient. 



Accommodation — The drawing-room, is 15x14, and has a bay win- 

 dow ; it communicates with the veranda, liall and kitchen. The 



