DWELLINGS, OUTBUILDINGS, AND FENCES. 
* * * * “ You shall see a man, 
Who never drew a line or struck an arc, 
Direct an Architect and spoil his work, 
Because, forsooth, he likes a tasteful house ! 
He likes a muffin, but he does not go 
Into his kitchen to instruct his cook ; 
Nay, that were insult ! He admires fine clothes, 
But trusts his tailor ! Only in those arts 
Which issue from creative potencies 
Does his conceit engage him.” 
Holland’s Katrina. 
S O many excellent works have been published of late years 
on cottage and villa architecture, and so many compe¬ 
tent architects are to be found in our large towns and 
cities, that it seems almost an unpardonable offence 
against propriety in our day for any one to build an unsightly 
