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cottage and a villa, ay be mentioned 
the box, a name extremely appropriate, 
but to which no delightful ideas are at- 
tached, except by those who build them. 
The box is not capable of the seclusion 
of the cottage, 1t does not reach to the 
dignity of the villa. 
Mr. Woods then proceeds to treat of 
villas, properly so called. The form of 
the Grecian temple is very simple. The 
situation, when not in cities, is usually 
on the top of some naked rocky hill, and 
it must be confessed, that in such circum- 
stances, they are exceedingly beautiful, 
and even appropriate; for the severe 
simplicity Sf the building seems to ac- 
cord with the naked majesty of the null. 
The next form, in point of simplicity, 
‘ adopted | by modern art, at least of those 
worth notice, is produced by the addi- 
tion of a portico. These usually form a 
parallelogram on the plan, with the por- 
tico on one of its‘sides, but 1t 1s some- 
times added to the end. In proceeding 
from simplicity to richness and variety, 
the next step is the addition of wings, 
Jower than the body of the building. 
These either may contain the offices or 
not. Wings, it is thought, are never 
added exactly on a line with the front, 
but fall back a few inches at least, though 
wings of this sort do not come forward 
enough to do their duty, to unite with 
the building, and take off the appear- 
ance of baldness and nakedness. In- 
stead of adding lewer buildings to the 
extremities of wings, some architects 
have added towers to them. 
In this country the accompaniments of 
villas seem never to have been scienti- 
fically considered. In large edifices, de- 
tached buildings may be advantageously 
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introduced as accompaniments, and obe- 
lisks or pyramids may in a few instances 
be happily employed; but the true and 
appropriate accompaniments of villas 
are dwarf-walls, ornamented with vases 
and statues, and in large buildings with | 
columns, or a range of columns may 
solnetimes occupy the place of dwartf- 
walls. 
Besides the artificial accompaniments 
of villas, it may be proper to mention 
the natural ones, or at least the principal 
one, trees. There can be no doubt, that 
the villa ought always to be accompanied 
by trees, which, considered as accompa~ 
himents, may be divided int» two prin- 
cipal classes, those with spreading, and 
those with ascending branches, Trees 
of a spreading growth, though in them- 
selves by far the most beautiful, should 
be sparingly introduced; and perhaps 
some foreign trees, such as the tulip tree, 
the plane, or the acacia would be better 
than those of our own woods. 
The fourth, anc concluding, paper of 
the volume, is also by Mr. Woods, the 
president ; the subject of which is dila- 
pidations. Vhe great uncertainty at- 
tending the sur oe of dilapidations, and 
the different values athixed to them by dif= 
ferent surveyors, make itdesirable to point 
out some standard by which may be as- 
certained what comes properly under the 
term dilapidations, and at what rate they 
ought to be valued. ‘This is a valuable 
paper to tenants, bat especially to those 
who hold under leases—the object. of the 
writer being to detail what zs the rule, 
rather than what ought to be ; and though 
on some points no legal authority can be 
produced, he, in those cases, has set 
down opinion, instead of law. 
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A Sonata for the Piano-forte, in which is intro- 
duced a Fugue from the Subject of Mr. Salo- 
mon. Composed and dedicated to Mrs. Dom, 
by S. Wesley, Esq. 9s. 6d. 
HOUGH we cannot think this piece 
so calculated for the instrument for 
which it is announced as for the organ or 
harpsichord ; and are of opinion, that it 
is rather a voluntary than a sonata; still, 
so much merit, science, and contrivance, 
do we find in every page of the produc- 
tion; such powerful traits of genius and 
real ‘mastery, that we cannot dwell upen 
an objection frem which we are hurried 
away by the feelings of admiration, 
Every bar does honour even to the high 
talents of the composer: but the fugue 
greatly transcends the other movements, 
and exhibits Mr. S. Wesley’s abilities in 
the brightest point of view. 
Three Sonatas for the Piano-forte, with an Ac= 
companiment for the Flute (Ad libitum). 
Composed by F. Woelfl, Esq. 7s. 6d- 
This work, in which Mr. Woelfl has in- 
troduced the popular Scotch melodies of 
“(), open the door,” “* The smiling morn,” 
Mi Hear me, ye Nymphs, ” «One morning 
very early,” “ Down the Bourne,” and 
“OQ, Waly, Waly,” is pleasing and inge- 
nious, and willform an excellent pre actice 
4A for 
