1868.] Descriptions. 173 the merits of the internal arrangement may be better understood. The vestibule is divided from the hall, and the hall again from the stair-hall, by columns, as shown on the plan, A, and B. From the stair-hall, a private passage L, leads, to the right, past the dining-room, H, and reception-parlor, D, — which have wide, capacious and lofty doorways — to the kitchen, a room 14 X 22 feet, I, and to a private stairway, F, leading to the upper portion of the house, with a pri- vate entrance from without. The kitchen is provided with suitable cook- ing-range, sink, &c. The dining-room, H, an apartment of fine capacit3 r , 18X23 feet, has a recess, square bay-window, or alcove, with sash all the way to the floor ; and a balcony, K, in front. From the dining-room, there is an entrance into the pantry, J, a room 8x12 feet, which is also acces- sible from tbe kitchen, I. The reception-parlor, D, is a spacious apartment, 18 X 18 feet, with folding doors, leading into the main hall, A, and the private passage-way, L, and two windows on the front, with sash also reaching to the floor of the arcade, P, which extends the whole front of the room. There is a door leading into the boudoir, E, 13 X 13 feet, which latter has two windows, with a balcony, K, in front of one. On the other side of the house, M, is the carriage-drive, running up beneath a loggia, or large open balcony. Pass- ing through the main entrance, and through the vestibule into the hall, a wide and lofty pair of doors lead into the drawing-room, C, 11 X 30 feet, a fine, spacious apartment, having at one end,
