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SECTION IX. 
LANDSCAPE OR RURAL ARCHITECTURE. 
Difference between a city and a country house. The characteristic features of a country house. 
Examination of the leading principles in Rural Architecture. The different styles. The 
Grecian style, its merits and defects, and its associations. The Roman and Italian styles. 
The Pointed or Gothic style. The Tudor Mansion. The English Cottage, or Rural Gothic 
style. These styles considered in relation to situation or scenery. Individual tastes. En- 
trance Lodges. 
“ A house amid the quiet country’s shades, 
With length’ning vistas, ever sunny glades ; 
Beauty and fragrance clustering o’er the wal'l, 
A porch inviting, and an ample hall.” 
RCHITECTURE, either 
practically considered, or view- 
ed as an art of taste, is a subject 
so important and comprehen- 
sive in itself, that volumes 
would be requisite to do it justice. Buildings of every de- 
scription, from the humble cottage to the lofty temple, are 
objects of such constant recurrence in every habitable part 
of the globe, and are so strikingly indicative of the intelli- 
gence, character, and taste of the inhabitants, that they pos- 
sess in themselves a great and peculiar interest for the mind. 
To have a “ local habitation,’ 7 — a permanent dwelling, that 
we can give the impress of our own mind, and identify with 
our own existence, — appears to be the ardent wish, sooner 
