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cocks and finials, the crow-stepped gables, and the hall 
paved with Dutch tiles, are among the ancient and 
venerable ornaments of the houses of the original 
settlers of Manhattan, now almost extinct among us. 
There is also a quiet keeping in the cottage and th 
grounds around it, that assists in making up the charm 
of the whole ; the gently swelling slope reaching down 
to the water’s edge, bordered by prettily wooded ravines 
through which a brook meanders pleasantly ; and thread- 
ed by foot-paths ingeniously contrived, so as sometimes 
to afford secluded walks, and at others to allow fine 
vistas of the broad expanse of river scenery. The 
cottage itself is now charmingly covered with ivy and 
climbing roses, and embosomed in thickets of shrubbery. 
Mr. Sheldon’s residence, in the same neighborhood, 
furnishes us with another example of the Rural Gothic 
mode, worth the study of the amateur. Captain Perry’s 
spirited cottage, near Sing Sing, partakes of the same fea- 
tures ; and we might add numerous other cottages now 
building, or in contemplation, which show how fast the 
feeling for something more expressive and picturesque 
is making progress among us. 
Mr. Warren’s residence, at Troy, N. Y., is a very 
pretty example of the English cottage, elegantly fin- 
ished internally, as well as externally. A situation in 
a valley, embosomed with luxuriant trees, would have 
given this building a more appropriate and charming 
air than its present one, which, however, affords a 
magnificent prospect of the surrounding country. 
It is the common practice here to place a portion of 
what are called the domestic offices, as the kitchen 
pantries, etc., in the basement story of the house, 
