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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 t@ situation oj 
scenery. Individual tastes. Entrance Lodges. 
to do it justice. Buildings of every description, 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 intelligence, 
character, and taste of the inhabitants, that they possess 
in themselves a great and peculiar interest for the mind. 
To have a “ local habitation,” — 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 or later felt, of every man : excepting 
A house amid the quiet country’s shades, 
With length’ning vistas, ever sunny glades ; 
Beauty and fragrance clustering o’er the wall, 
A porch inviting, and an ample hall.” 
RCHITECTURE, 
either practically considered 
or viewed as an art of taste, 
is a subject so important and 
comprehensive in itself, that 
volumes would be requisite 
