CONTENTS. 



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General introduction i 



Pleasures of a country residence 1 



Advantages of a country residence 3 



Antiquity of a country residence 5 



General history of the art of laying out grounds in Britain 9 



the architecture of mansions in Britain 13 



The object or intention of country residences 14 



Leads to the manner of treating the subject 15 



Arrangement of this work 16 



PART I. 



TREATS OP THE ELEMENTARY BRANCHES OF THE ART OF FORMING AND IMPROVING 

 COUNTRY RESIDENCES. 



BOOK I.— On Taste. 



INTRODUCTION. 



General view of the subject 17 



Proposed mode of pursuing an inquiry into the principles of taste ... IS 

 CHAP. I. Of the elementary senses of taste. 



Tasting — hearing 20 



Smelling — seeing — touching 21 



Effect of practice and reflection on these senses 21 



c 



