We have here adverted to the Gothic cathedral (as we did to the Greek temple) as exhibiting the peculiar style in question in its greatest purity. For domestic purposes, both, for the same reasons, are equally unfitted; as they were never so intended to be used by their original inventors, and being entirely wanting in fitness for the purposes of habitation in domestic life; the Greek temple, as we have already shown, from its massive porticoes and the simple rectangular form of its interior; and the Gothic cathedral, from its high-pointed windows, and immense vaulted apartments. It would scarcely, however, be more absurd to build a miniature cathedral, for a dwelling in the Gothic style, than to make an exact copy of the Temple of Minerva 30 by 50 feet in size, for a country residence, as we often witness in this country.
