By John Ruskin CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 PART I. --THE COTTAGE. I. THE LOWLAND COTTAGE--ENGLAND AND FRANCE 7 II. THE LOWLAND COTTAGE--ITALY 15 III. THE MOUNTAIN COTTAGE--SWITZERLAND 25 IV. THE MOUNTAIN COTTAGE--WESTMORELAND 35 V. A CHAPTER ON CHIMNEYS 45 VI. THE COTTAGE--CONCLUDING REMARKS 57 PART II. --THE VILLA. I. THE MOUNTAIN VILLA--LAGO DI COMO 67 II. THE MOUNTAIN VILLA--LAGO DI COMO (CONTINUED) 80 III. THE ITALIAN VILLA (CONCLUDED) 94 IV. THE LOWLAND VILLA--ENGLAND 104 V. THE ENGLISH VILLA--PRINCIPLES OF COMPOSITION 113 VI. THE BRITISH VILLA.--PRINCIPLES OF COMPOSITION. (THE CULTIVATED, OR BLUE COUNTRY, AND THE WOODED, OR GREEN COUNTRY) 126 VII. THE BRITISH VILLA.--PRINCIPLES OF COMPOSITION. (THE HILL, OR BROWN COUNTRY) 145 LIST OF PLATES Facing Page Fig. 1 Old Windows; from an early sketch by the Author 13 " 2 Italian Cottage Gallery, 1846 20 Cottage near la CitE, Val d'Aosta, 1838 21 " 3 Swiss Cottage, 1837. (Reproduced from the Architectural Magazine) 28 " 4 Cottage near Altorf, 1835 29 " 5 Swiss Chalet Balcony, 1842 32 " 6 The Highest House in England, at Malham 42 " 7 Chimneys. (Eighteen sketches redrawn from the Architectural Magazine) 48 " 8 Coniston Hall, from the Lake near Brantwood, 1837. (Reproduced from the Architectural Magazine) 50 " 9 Chimney at Neuchatel; Dent du Midi and Mont Blanc in the distance 20 " 10 Petrarch's Villa, Arqu-, 1837. (Redrawn from the Architectural Magazine) 98 " 11 Broken Curves. (Three diagrams, redrawn from the Architectural Magazine) 101 " 12 Old English Mansion, 1837. (Reproduced from the Architectural Magazine) 116 " 13 Windows. (Three designs, reproduced from the Architectural Magazine) 122 " 14 Leading Lines of Villa-Composition. (Diagram redrawn from the Architectural Magazine) 164

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