THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE NATIONS OF EUROPE CONSIDERED IN ITS ASSOCIATION WITH NATURAL SCENERY AND NATIONAL CHARACTER.

CONTENTS.

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[INTRODUCTION][1]
[PART I.—THE COTTAGE.]
I.THE LOWLAND COTTAGE—ENGLAND AND FRANCE[7]
II.THE LOWLAND COTTAGE—ITALY[15]
III.THE MOUNTAIN COTTAGE—SWITZERLAND[25]
IV.THE MOUNTAIN COTTAGE—WESTMORELAND[35]
V.A CHAPTER ON CHIMNEYS[45]
VI.THE COTTAGE—CONCLUDING REMARKS[57]
[PART II.—THE VILLA.]
I.THE MOUNTAIN VILLA—LAGO DI COMO[67]
II.THE MOUNTAIN VILLA—LAGO DI COMO (CONTINUED)[80]
III.THE ITALIAN VILLA (CONCLUDED)[94]
IV.THE LOWLAND VILLA—ENGLAND[104]
V.THE ENGLISH VILLA—PRINCIPLES OF COMPOSITION[113]
VI.THE BRITISH VILLA.—PRINCIPLES OF COMPOSITION.
(THE CULTIVATED, OR BLUE COUNTRY, AND THE WOODED, OR GREEN COUNTRY)		[126]
VII.THE BRITISH VILLA.—PRINCIPLES OF COMPOSITION.
(THE HILL, OR BROWN COUNTRY)		[145]

LIST OF PLATES.

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Fig.[1.] Old Windows; from an early sketch by the Author[13]
"[2.] Italian Cottage Gallery, 1846[20]
Cottage near la Cité, Val d'Aosta, 1838[21]
"[3.] Swiss Cottage, 1837. (Reproduced from the Architectural Magazine)[28]
"[4.] Cottage near Altorf, 1835[29]
"[5.] Swiss Châlet Balcony, 1842[32]
"[6.] The Highest House in England, at Malham[42]
"[7.] Chimneys. (Eighteen sketches redrawn from the Architectural Magazine)[48]
"[8.] Coniston Hall, from the Lake near Brantwood, 1837. (Reproduced from the Architectural Magazine)[50]
"[9.] Chimney at Neuchatel; Dent du Midi and Mont Blanc in the distance[20]
"[10.] Petrarch's Villa, Arquà, 1837. (Redrawn from the Architectural Magazine)[98]
"[11.] Broken Curves. (Three diagrams, redrawn from the Architectural Magazine)[101]
"[12.] Old English Mansion, 1837. (Reproduced from the Architectural Magazine)[116]
"[13.] Windows. (Three designs, reproduced from the Architectural Magazine)[122]
"[14.] Leading Lines of Villa-Composition. (Diagram redrawn from the Architectural Magazine)[164]

PREFATORY NOTES.