The design which we here offer, was made for a gentleman in the vicinity of a neighboring city, and, we think, will be found adapted to the wants of many of our suburban builders; combining, as it does, economy with convenience, and having, also, some slight pretensions to ornament in its exterior.

It is to be constructed of wood, and may be covered in the vertical manner with sound inch-and-a-quarter plank, and two-and-a-half-inch battens. The front door is shielded by a broad hood, supported on heavy brackets; all the lower windows have broad plank hoods. The height of the first story is ten feet in the clear, and the second is seven feet high at the plates and ten in the centre of the rooms, the space above serving as a ventilator for the whole house, having ventilating flues opening from the principal apartments.

The interior finish should be plain throughout, the doors and windows having plain architraves with a neat band moulding, and the base being eight inches high with a bevel on top. The walls are to be finished for papering.

A SUBURBAN RESIDENCE.

The arrangement of the plan gives a hall, A, six feet wide, opening on the right into the living-room, B, which measures fourteen by nineteen. This room communicates through a passage, F, with the kitchen, D. The passage is to have three drawers, with three wide shelves above, and is lighted by a narrow eight-light window. The kitchen is fourteen by sixteen, and has a fire-place, a sink, and two good closets. A door opens into the entry, E, which communicates with the cellar, and opens out upon the portico. It also connects with the parlor, hall, and living-room.

The second floor contains a hall, A, opening into the several chambers, B, C, D, and the bath-room, F. At the right of the bath-room is a large closet, belonging to the chamber, B.

The cost of this house would be about eighteen hundred dollars.