CONTENTS. 



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Bad taste of those who, because they cannot give dignity to common 



buildings, attempt to change their character 174 



Great economy results from shewing buildings in a proper manner 174 



beauty would thus be added to particular residences and the 



country at large 175 



4. Of uniting the mansion with the surrounding country, by means of 



architectural appendages, chiefly ornamental 175 



In common labourers' cottages et ... 176 



In ornamented cottages 176 



In the entrance front of villas 177 



_ houses of greater magnificence 178 



In the garden fronts of the commonest villas 180 



— : more elegant villas 1 80 



magnificent buildings 181 



DIVISION III. OF EXECUTION AND FINISHING. 



Importance of attending to the qualities of the foundation 1 83 



of the stone and other materials 183 



of the mortar 183 



Conclusion — general remarks on architects, and books of architec- 

 ture 184 



None have ever laid down fundamental principles; Perrault, Cham- 

 bers, Wren, Palladio, and every other author have copied ser- 

 vilely from the antique, or from Vitruvius, without either con- 

 sidering the intrinsic causes of their beauty, or the fitness of 



buildings to our climate and purposes 185 



Vitruvius lays down no abstract principles — and beauty in no art 



or class of objects can be fixed until this is done 186 



PART IV. — Agriculture. 



INTRODUCTION. 



Agriculture, a branch of husbandry 187 



General principles of husbandry • 187 



view of the vegetable kingdom, as subservient to the pur- 

 poses of husbandry 188 



