V 
T is generally thought that in 
planning a country-place, whe- 
ther large or small, the one 
important thing to be consid- 
ered is the situation of the house. As- 
pect and prospect — the way the house will 
look to the passer - by or the approaching 
visitor, and the way the landscape will look 
from its windows and piazzas — are supposed 
to be questions of such paramount impor- 
tance that the choice of a site may well be 
made and the house constructed before any- 
thing else is arranged. Important questions 
these are, indeed, yet there is another of quite 
as much importance* — one which must be 
borne in mind from the outset if aspect and 
prospect themselves are to be satisfactory in 
the end. This is the arrangement of the 
various roads and paths which run through 
the property. Convenience as well as beauty 
dictates that the position of the house and its 
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