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hav.e some influence on the mind. Trees 

 of a conic shape, mixed with Gothic 

 buildings, are less pleasing, from their 

 affinity with the prevalent lines of the 

 ' architecture, which are all perpendicular. 

 The play of light and shadow in Gothic 

 structures proceeds from those bold pro- 

 jections, either of towers or buttresses, 

 which cause strong shadows in a perpen- 

 dicular direction: the hne of cornice is 

 hardly }>erceptible, and the horizontal 

 line of roof is broken into an irregular 

 surface by the pinnacles, turrets, and bat- 

 tlements that form the principal enrich- 

 ment of Gothic architecture. It is for 

 this reason that where the shape of the 

 ground occasionally hides the lower part 

 of the building, while its roof is relieved 

 by trees, whose forms contrast with those 

 of the Gothic outline, as at Donnington, 

 this perpendicular, or Gothic style, is pre- 

 ferable to the horizontal, or Grecian. 

 Conclusion. As this observation is new, and may, 

 perhaps, be thought too fanciful, I made 

 my appeal to the eye by the help of plates 

 (which the nature of this work will not 



