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for architectural, or, indeed, any other species of beauty. 

 But besides such, there will always be found some men of 

 finer natures, who have a sympatnetic appreciation of the 

 beautiful in nature and art. Among these, the classical 

 scholar and gentleman may, from association and the love 

 of antiquity, prefer a villa in the Grecian or Roman style. 

 He who has a passionate love of pictures and especially 

 fine landscapes, will perhaps, very naturally, prefer the 

 modern Italian style for a country residence. The wealthy 

 proprietor, either from the romantic and chivalrous asso- 

 ciations 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 realize the beau ideal of a genuine old English 

 country residence, with its various internal comforts, and 

 its 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 (hoyvever 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 landscape, — 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 visitors having frequent ingress 

 and egress. The entrance lodge may further be considered 

 a matter strictly useful, in serving as the dwelling of th(^ 



