CHAPTER VI 



DWELLINGS, OUTBUILDINGS, AND FENCES. 



* # # * "You shall see a man,. 

 Who never drew a line or struck an arc, 

 Direct an Architect and spoil his work, 

 Because, forsooth, he li]ces a .tasteful house ! 

 He likes a, muf&n, but he does not go 

 Into his kitchen to instruct his cook; 



Nay, that were insult ! He admires fine, clothes,. 

 But trusts his tailor ! Only in those arts 

 ■ Which issiie fi-om creative potencies 

 Does his conceit engage him," 



Holland's Katrina, 



SO many excellent works have been published of late years 

 on cottage and villa architecture, and so many compe- 

 tent architects are to be found in our large towils and 

 cities, that it seems almost an unpardonable offence 

 against ■ propriety^ in our day for any one to build an unsightly 



