This is a study for an artist's own dwelling, and is thought to be adapted to a rocky hill site, "with thicket overgrown, grotesque and wild".

"The hairy side of a steep wlldernenss," and nature in full freedom, as artists love it.

The material is native trap rock, gathered from the surface around, and laid up with mortar, backed with brick, or the same stone laid hollow, paying no attention to smoothness, on the exterior, which will be overgrown with vines, and incorporated with the rock it stands upon.

This manner of building may be practiced in very many parts of the country, with economy, safety, and good effect. Hence it is offered to the patrons of.

The tower is intended to contain the stairs, and to lift the occupant above the trees around, the top commanding an interesting view from the ocean to the Highlands of the Hudson, embracing the cities of New York, Brooklyn, and Newark, with three broad and navigable rivers in the middle ground, and miles of wood in the immediate vicinity.

The plan is compact, and furnishes the usual accommodation of hall or entry, parlor, dining-room, and kitchen.

The second story contains five rooms, besides closets. Over this may be a library, or painting-room, picture-gallery, or museum.