Xll PREFACE. 



to me their respective merits and defects, 

 the situation in which each is most proper, 

 and the sort of alliance that might be made 

 between them. 



From the Decorations near the House, 

 the transition was very natural to the house 

 itself, and to buildings in general. In the 

 third Essay, therefore, I have considered 

 the character -of Architecture and Build- 

 ings as connected with the Scenery in 

 which they are placed. In pursuing this 

 inquiry, I have taken my arguments and 

 illustrations from the works of eminent 

 painters : examining the style of architec- 

 ture and of buildings in their pictures, from 

 the temples and palaces in those of the 

 higher schools, to the cottages, mills, and 

 hovels of the Dutch masters, and apply- 

 ing the principles of the three leading 

 characters discussed in my first Essay, 

 to this particular subject; of all others 



