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in order to bring forward a window or windows, and make such featurea distinct compartment in the elevation, (as is the case in the front ofthe villa here shown, where there is a slight projection of this kind, tothe left of the porch,) the general surface from which such partadvances, might be finished in paretta, or according to some of the othermodes just described. This would produce a kind of counter richness,wherein two different fashions of decoration would relieve and besufficiently distinct from each other, so as not to create too muchconfusion, and yet not be without harmony.

It must be confessed that some discretion and taste are here requisite,otherwise the whole would be rendered patchwork. Small buildings,however, unless it happen that symmetry be positively aimed at inthem, allow greater latitude in this respect than larger ones,—notmerely irregularity of form, but irregularity or inequality of style, andopposition of material. In an extensive structure, uniformity of materialalone, especially if it be of a more costly species than ordinary, aids theidea of continuity and grandeur; and variety of it rather tends toconvey the notion of a fabric constructed piecemeal, than of a singlemagnificent undertaking. In a small building, on the contrary, whichcannot make any impression upon the beholder, as regards the powerand means exerted in its construction, little can be lost by not keepingin view what would not be felt to be a merit.

Taking our leave, however, of points of criticism like these, which ifpursued further would lead us into a very wide field of discussion, wemust now turn to the design itself. With somewhat more of studiedembellishment, this villa has likewise more of the genuine cottage in itsgeneral appearance, than have some of the previous subjects that comeunder the same denomination. No. 7, for example, has no little of theaspect of a substantial country house; while No. 9, answers more, uponthe whole, to what is understood by the term Cottage ornb, its featuresbeing rather composed from fancy, than derived from any express model;wdiereas the subject of the present design, has more of genuine style,and carries with it an air of greater authenticity. Independently ofwhat comes under the head of embellishment, the elevations are markedby a certain agreeable playfulness of outline, in regard both to plan and