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 1869.] Descriptions. 491 turae." Directly over the portal is in- scribed the sign of the microcosin. The tympanum of the arch is filled with stone tracery, enclosing a tablet of polished red Aberdeen granite, recording the use of the edifice, the time of its erection, and the name of its founder. The Entrance Chamber, and the Hall beyond, in which is the grand staircase, are spacious and lofty, lined with stone, and lighted with stained glass windows, filled with the figures of the great inven- tors, who have first shown how the results of science may be applied to the benefit of their race. The building stands upon a terrace, on the side of a Hill, and rises out of a grove of fine forest trees. The design also embraces in the §ame style, the President's House, a spacious Mansion lately erected, and other build- ings now or hereafter to be put up. The following brief description of the Ground Plan, and the references thereon, will give our readers a clear idea of the internal arrangement and ample accom- modation provided: A is the main en- trance or vestibule, leading into the main hall B, which contains the grand stair- case C ; from the Main Hall, two doors lead into the Library and Museum F, with an office and Registrar's Room D attached. Passing through the Library another Hall H is entered, off which are doors communicating with six Lecture Rooms G, G, G, G, G, G, three on either side, each grouj) of which is capable of being thrown open into one large Lec- ture Room the whole length of the three Rooms, whenever such au arrangement is necessary ELIZABETHAN YILLA. WE have already, in these pages, adverted briefly to the Tudor style of architecture; and noticed the gradual blending together of the Cas- tellated and the more domestic features, which characterized the fifteenth cen- tury. About the time of Henry VIII. the domestic style of architecture had fairly settled down into what is called the Tudor, an admixture of the Castellated with the Gothic ; and many really very striking and picturesque examples are to this day to be met with, in England, of mansions built in the irregular but strikingly effective manner, which char-