If the truth of this principle be allowed, I trust the propriety of its application will be obvious; and, for its effect, I appeal to the following sketch, where both the actual size of the house, and its comparative proportion to the surrounding scenery, are correctly ascertained. However pleasing these representations may appear, I should consider myself as having planned a 'castle in the air,' unless it should be proved that this design is not only practicable, but that it actually contains no more building than is absolutely necessary for the purposes of modern habitation. By the plan, it appears to contain,- A Gothic hall, for the sake of ancient grandeur, but leading through a passage lower than the rooms, for the sake of not depressing their comparative height. The hall and passages should be rather dimly lighted by painted glass, to impress a degree of gloom essential to grandeur, and to render the entrance into the rooms more brilliant and cheerful.
