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         A PICTURESQUE GOTHIC COTTAGE.
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cottage for the inland districts.  We should direct
that all the main features should be preserved intact,
the cornice and porches retain their present bold pro-
jection, the difference being made solely in the omis-
sion of the decorated barge-board, and perhaps the
bay-windows.    For greater economy, the chimney-
stacks might be built in the center of the house,
where they were originally designed to be, as will be
seen by a glance at the elevation.
  ACCOMMODATION.-FrOm the front porch A, fig. 33,
the hall B, 8 by 18 feet, is entered: in one end of
this, the stairs are located; the remaining portion
would serve for a sitting-room for a small company
on fine summer evenings.    Adjoining this is the
parlor C, 15 by 17 feet, and also the dining-room, of
the same dimensions.  We notice the parlor, to call
attention to its  pretty bay-windows, and   to the
veranda that    shelters its windows from sun and
storm.
  The apartment E is the kitchen, 12 feet square
in the clear, and attached to this a lean-to G, which
may be inclosed or open according to the uses to
which it may be applied by the housekeeper; if re-
quired for an appendage to the kitchen for cooking
purposes, it should be enlarged beyond the given size,
8 by 10 feet, and provided with a fire-place; of
course, it will then be a walled apartment with sash
windows, and otherwise fitted up to exclude the
weather.
  Transferring our attention to the plan for chamber
floor, it will be seen that a flight of stairs from the
kitchen gives access to the bed-room M, fig. 34, suit-
able for the occupancy of such an assistant as might