Art Out-of-Doors 
than real. A short walk to the carriage is 
seldom a hardship, even for the feet, except 
in winter; and a narrow board-walk, tem- 
porarily laid down over the gravel or asphalt, 
will cheaply do away with the greater part 
of the inconvenience that winter brings. 
Unless he keeps horses in a stable on the 
place, or unless there is an invalid in the 
family whose comfort must be the first con- 
sideration, a villa-owner who cares at all for 
beauty will sacrifice his carriage - approach 
without a pang. 
Yet, even if it is sacrificed, there are still 
good reasons why the entrance should not 
be in the front of the house, unless it stands 
very close to the street or its grounds are 
very narrow indeed. A foot-walk must lead 
to it, and I cannot say too often that even 
the smallest ribbon of gravel is a disfigure- 
ment to a lawn. The space to be traversed 
from street to door will not be perceptibly 
lengthened by placing the door in the side 
of the house. And no injury to the plan of 
the interior need result from the change ; 
for even if the door admits, not to an old- 
fashioned narrow entry, but to a hall which 
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