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 I860.] Descriptions. 683 order, yet agreeable to some locations, either urban or sub-urban. And here it may be remarked that what is recognized as the French style, is sin- gularly well adapted to a judicious blending of the Tudor. Hence the designation which we venture to give this composition, not considering it altogether in good taste to apply the English cognomen (Tudor) to a French construction. The term Gothic being more general and not so objectionable to national pride as that of " Tudor," which the British Architects have thought fit to apply to this peculiar treatment of Gothic. Nor is it very doubtful that the designers of those days, of the Tudor race of princes, borrowed ready hints from the domestic architecture of their neighbors the French, and, working them up into a composition of their own, produced this Tudor style. We do not think the unprejudiced eye can fail to find a similarity of features in the Chateaux of France, and the villa residences and "seats" of the Tudor style of England in the same century. The plan, as here shown, gives the following accommodation. A, Vestibule. B, Parlor. C, Draw- ing-Room. D, Dining-Room. E, Pas- sage. F, Hall and Principal Staircase. G, Kitchen. H, Servants' Hall. I, Pri- vate Entrance and Stairs. K K, Pantries. L, Porte Cochere. RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL. THIS noble institution is indebted for its erection to the public spirit of the late Moses Brown Ives, Esq., who in the closing years of his valuable life be- queathed to his trustees the sum of fifty thousand dollars, to be devoted to such objects of public beneficence as they should select. Ten thousand dollars of this liberal bequest were expended for other charities, and the residue devoted to the realization of a fondly cherished project, namely, the foundation of the present benevolent structure. In the composition of the plan of Rhode Island Hospital, what is known as the " Pavilion s'stem " has been per- fectly carried out. Each pavilion or wing contains two complete wards, and the centre, which is the administrative building, is sufficiently ample to provide all the accommodation for the pavilions already built, as well as for as many more as may at any time be added. The wings or pavilions consisting, as we have said, of two wards, placed one above the other, have beneath them a basement story twelve to fourteen feet high. Each ward is eighty-six feet long by twenty-nine wide, and fifteen feet high. Twenty-four beds are placed in each ward. Every patient has one hun- dred and four square feet of room and a breathing space of fifteen hundred and fifty cubic feet. In addition to this large ward-room there are three smaller rooms, each capable of accommodating two patients, with an equally ample allowance of air- space and floor-room to those of the wards. Thus thirty patients are provided for on each floor. This system of making separate provision for certain patients whose presence in a ward might not be acceptable to all, is a peculiar feature in the Rhode Island Hospital, as it is car- ried to a greater extent than in any other similar institution yet erected in our country. Each of the wards runs north and south, and therefore secures the influence of the morning and evening sun. It is lighted by twelve windows, twelve by four feet, and filled with double sashes/ each rising by weights and pullies, and reaching from within three feet of the floor to five inches of the ceiling. The sashes are about two inches apart, and in summer time can be arranged in such a manner as to play an important part in ventilation, without exposing the patients to drafts of air. They are