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 yO.6 COTTAGE, FARM, AND VILLA ARCHITECTURE. 1694 t 1695 doorway may be under any part of it. In most large villas the entrance doorway is either protected by a portico that may be driven under, or it is formed on the side of an archway through which carriages drive into an inner court, as in some of our public inns. This is a comfortable con- trivance, but by no means an elegant one. In the first place, it indicates want of space; and, next, want of means for display and de- coration ; lastly, such entrances are always gloomy. 1933. The modern Italian Style of Ar- chitecture, the characteristics of which may be given in two words — painter-Uke effect, — has in this country the recommendation of novelty ; a quality which always makes a strong impression on the general observer. It is not, however, a style which can be trusted in the hands of any Architect not a master in the art of composition. The jp-eat object, in designing every building, as far as exterior effect is concerned, is the pro- duction of a whole : now, in regular symme- trical Architecture, this is comparatively easy ; for, a centre being fixed upon, the two sides can easily be made to correspond w^ith it A beautiful design may not be '^S^