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devoid ofa foundation 
upon old work, — be 
it of the cottage or the 
palace,—but that cer¬ 
tain forms and details 
which they have em¬ 
ployed have apparent¬ 
ly been applied in a 
manner exactly the 
reverse to that in which 
they came to be used 
through a long process 
of logical evolution. 
The use that these 
designers make of 
mouldings and the 
contours they give 
them are sufficient to 
illustrate this point; 
and it will be upon 
buildings of a larger 
scale than have been 
as yet attempted by 
this school, where the 
demand for construc¬ 
tional decoration be¬ 
comes more marked 
and unavoidable, that 
the test will have to 
be encountered. 
Apart from all this 
it is impossible to 
neglect the charm of 
freshness and the pic¬ 
turesque treatment of 
this domestic work, 
and the strenuous con- 
victionwithwhich Mr. 
Voysey, who was un¬ 
doubtedly th e“fons et 
origo" of it all, carries 
onhisarchitecturaland 
artistic propaganda. 
The accompanying 
photographsandplans 
are mainly from small 
