ans for a larger house, which can have either
of the elevations, Fig. 25 or 26, adapted to it. These also have a
concealed staircase, for front and back use. If a nursery, or bedroom,
is wished, on the ground-floor, the back parlor, _e_, can be taken; in
which case, the closets, _i_, _i_, are very useful. To prevent noise
from reaching the front parlor, two sets of folding-doors, each side of
the passage, _o_, could be placed. With this arrangement, these rooms
could be used, sometimes as two parlors, opening into each other, by
folding doors, and at other times, as a nursery and parlor. In this
plan, the storeroom, _h_, and china-closet, _i_, between the kitchen and
eating-room, are a great convenience.

Figures 31 and 32, present the plan of a Gothic cottage, which secures
the most economy of _labor_ and _expense_, with the greatest amount of
_convenience and comfort_, which the writer has ever seen.

[Illustration: Fig. 31.]

The elevation, (Fig. 31,) exhibits the front view. It has a recess in
the central part, under which, is the door, with a window on each side
of it. This forms a piazza; and into this, and a similar one at the back
of the house, the two centre parlors open.

[Illustration: Fig. 32.]

In the centre of the house, (see Fig. 32,) are the two parlors, _b_ and
_c_; the back one to be used as an eating-room. At X, can be placed,
either a chimney, with doors on each side of the fireplace, or, (which
is the most agreeable,) folding-doors, which can be thrown open in
Summer, thus making a large saloon, through the house, from one piazza
to the other. In this case, the parlors are warmed by a large stove, set
near the folding-doors, which would easily warm both parlors and one or
two adjacent rooms. In Winter, the outside doors, opening to the
piazzas, should be fastened and calked, and the side entry, at _d_, be
used. At _e_, is the nursery, with the bedpress, _g_, which, being
closed by day, makes a retired parlor for the mother. At _n_, is the
children's playroom and sleeping-room, adjoining the mother's room. At
_k_, is the kitchen, adjacent to the eating-room, with the storeroom,
_e_, and the closets, _m_, _m_, one for the eating-room, and one for the
kitchen utensils. At _i_, is a parlor, which can be used for a study or
library, by the master of the family; while the adjacent bedpress, _j_,
renders it a convenient lodging-room, for guests. Another lodging-room,
is at _h_; and in the attic, is sp