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CHOICE OFA HOUSE. *
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This is a very interesting subject We wish we had time to dilate upon it ; but Mr _Loudon ' s new publication came to us at a late hour ; and for rea _^ _- som alluded to in our introductory address , we could not pay it due attention . We can ,
however , do what would have still been the best thing to do , had we written never so many remarks of our own ; make some good long extracts from his . There is no end to the
indefatigable and most useful labours of this gentleman ; and he deals in such pleasant things and places , that his utility brings its end as well as its means with
it , for it is accompanied with deli g ht . The choice of a house is a consideration , at once important and agreeable—important * to health , economy , and
pleasure , and agreeable in the consideration of that pleasure . We should like to have the building of one , to our own
heart' s content , with Mr Loudon by our side to help us ! It should be of very moderate dimensions , very rustically situated , and very snug ; and all
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th _6 readers of the Repository should be welcome to come and do us the honour of seeing it , and trying the beatitude of our elbow chair . But as houses
( as Ariosto said ) are more easily built with words than money , we must be satisfied at present with enjoying this beau ideal of domesticity in Mr Loudon ' s
pages : — " Aspect of the House . —In the choice of a situation for a house and grounds , the views from the house should not alone be taken
into consideration . Recreations in the open air is one of the great advantages of a country residence ; and an aspect sloping to the south will admit of the grounds being walked in during winter , when , with one sloping to the north ,
they will be covered with snow , frost , or moisture . Land _sloping to the south may also be much sooner walked on after rain , at all seasons ; and it is a great source of enjoyment to persons living in
the country , and fond of seeing the progress of vegetation , to examine their gardens and grounds immediately after a shower , while the trees and plants are in the very crisis of excitement , produced by a
* The Suburban Gardener and Villa Companion ; comprising the Choice of a Suburban or Villa Reside ttcey or of a Situation on which lo form one ; the Arrangement and Furnishing of the House , the Laying out , Planting , and Culture of the Garden and Ground * ; and the Management of the Vdla Farm , including the Dairy and _Poultry Tfie whole adapted for Grounds from one Perch to Fifty Acres and upwards in extent : and intended for the Instruction of those who know little of Gardening and Rural Affairs , and more particularly for the Use of Ladies . Illustrated by Numerous Engravings' By J . C . Loudon , & c . & c . No . I , for June 1837 , pp . 48 . Longman and Co *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 1, 1837, page 67, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/mrp_01071837/page/65/
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