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              DESIGN XX.
  A LITTLE examination into the merits of this design,
as illustrated by the engravings of elevation and
ground-plans, will satisfy any one that our title, if not
entirely elegant, has not been chosen without some
attention to the correctness of its application.  While
we are well aware that it is next to impossible to pre-
pare plans embracing all the conditions made impera-
tive by a great diversity of climate, we are not less
sensible that compromises can be effected, greatly
extending the application of a given plan with but a
limited amount of local modifications. To the South-
ern projector who may conceive a partiality for the
idea here illustrated, we would say, give outside
blinds and umbrage to all the windows, and build a
detached kitchen, and you have a complete Southern
house for a family of moderate size.   The through
hall, which effectually cuts off the dining apartment
from the parlor and library, is a very liberal arrange-
ment for a house of this size; and indeed this cir-
cumstance, combined with its peculiar application in
the plan before us, is the basis of the compromise
here intended between the varieties of climate.     An
excellent expedient, and favorable  to privacy and
good ventilation, is to place a rising sash or head-
light over each door, which can be opened or closed
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