Excerpt from Rural Homes; Or Sketches of Houses Suited to American Country Life: With Original Plans, Designs, Etc IN the pages I respectfully offer for perusal, I would have you look for no very new or critical remarks, or learned and technical disquisitions. Of course it may be presumed that, in studying the profession of an architect, I have, to the\extent of my ability, mastered the elementary rudiments, technicalities, and theories of the science; and, although I might show learning in discoursing of the nice distinctions between this and that school of ancient art, and quote Latin and Greek in support of my own peculiar tenets, I should very little interest you, and do nothing towards supplying your want of a plan for your house. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.