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(22.) The temple of Neptune had eight Corinthian pillars, 

 with a pediment. 



(23.) The Corinthian temple at Nismes (Maison carree) had 

 six pillars, and was Pseudoperipteros. 



(24-.) The temple of Bacchus was of a round form. 



(25.) The temple of Fauna, and 



(26.) The temple of Vesta at Rome and Tivoli, the former of 

 which, as has been already mentioned, had twenty, and the latter 

 eighteen Corinthian pillars, which surrounded an enclosed cella^ 

 were also of a round form, and were Peripteros. 



(27.) The celebrated Ionic temple of Diana at Ephesus de- 

 serves to be mentioned, as, according to Pliny, the whole popu- 

 lation of the country was 200 years engaged in building it; it 

 was 425 ft. in breadth, and was ornamented with 127 pillars. 



7. After the Greek and Roman styles of architecture comes 

 next the Gothic; and, although it is far inferior to the former in 

 systematic and regular proportions, it presents the most striking 

 and peculiar forms, beauty, and effects. 



The Grecian style of architecture has a character of strength 

 and resistance, from its proportions, and that of the Romans has 

 its arches supported by colossal pillars ; while the Gothic has 

 often slender pillars of only 2 or 3 feet in diameter, and yet 60 or 

 80 feet in height, supporting their arches high in the air, which 

 their spires, in spite of the storms of centuries, seem to pierce 

 through like spears. This Gothic style of architecture seems 

 particularly adapted for buildings for Christian worship, and it 

 should, therefore, be adopted for chapels in gentlemen's parks. 

 I must, however, warn the young landscape-gardener from em- 

 ploying the singular and tasteless style of Chinese architecture, 

 which ought hardly ever to be imitated, and, indeed, is better to 

 be omitted altogether. The Arabian or Indian style of archi- 

 tecture is much more worthy of imitation. (See Daiiiel, La7igles, 

 Niebuhr, &c.) 



IV. The Situation of Temples in Pleasure-Grounds. 



1. The spot selected for a temple should be considered a 

 matter of importance; and where the situation will permit, the 

 practice of the ancients should be adopted, of erecting temples 

 facing the east. 



2. When a temple is erec ed to the beautiful, tender, and 

 lovely Cupid, Psyche, or Venus, it ought not to be situated in a 

 gloomy thicket, or in any place that is dull and uninviting. It 

 ought to be in the most cheerful and lively situation of the 

 garden, where Nature appears in her most attractive charms, 

 decorated with flowers and flowering shrubs ; and where gently 



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