This design is simple in its plan and of symmetrical proportions. It is in the Gothic style, and may be built of stone or of brick. If of brick, the buttresses should be capped with stone, and the cornice of wood painted to resemble the cappings. The entrance is hrough an open porch, with a broad arch in front, and smaller, unglazed openings at the sides. The parlor and sitting-room are both spacious apartments, 18 X 24 feet, and each containing a large bay-window. If these windows were filled with choice house-plants, they would form very attractive features of the dwelling. The library is lighted by a large window at the end, which opens to the floor, affording egress to the veranda.

The basement arrangements would vary greatly with the situation, and taste or convenience of the builder. Supposing the ground to descend somewhat from the front side, the lower rooms might be lighted wholly from the back. The dining-room might be placed under the sitting-room, and the kitchen under the library, and the room beneath the parlor might be partitioned for cellar, pantry, bathing-room, closets, etc. A servant's bed-room might be finished off under the porch.

Principal floor.

CHAMBER FLOOR.

* See Frontispiece.

The chamber arrangements embrace six large rooms, each with a closet The passage is lighted by a ground-glass window exactly opposite the one in the hack chamber. The windows of the side rooms open to the floor, upon the balconies over the bay-windows. The height of the walls of the principal floor is twelve feet, and those of the chambers six or eight feet under the roof.

We give no estimate of the cost of construction, as it would vary greatly in different sections of the country, owing to the cheapness or convenience of material, as well as with the style of finish.