Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-04-21
THE ARCHITECT,

! 4 SERIES OF ORIGINAL DESIGNS, foI
n Domestic and Ornamental Cottages, con.
nected with Landscape Gardening, adapted to the
United States; Illustrated by Drawings Of
Ground Plans, Perspective Views; Elevations
Sections, and Details, by William H. Runlett, Ar.
chitect, Published in twenty numbers price Sc
cents per No., making two volumes royal Guarto
! Price $l2.
Ii is well adapted to the vicinitlos of citie. and
/ large commercial towns. We have never before
seen work on architecture so we'll adapted TO the
wants of the American people. h Is at once scien-
tifc and practical.-Hunts MagdEine.
We have already expressed opinion of il
merits, ranking it among the best worka of tho
kind that ever have been published in the country
and we cannot but believe that Il will be of great
service in maturing the architectural taste Of our
peOple.-MiTTOT.
The circulation of such drawings as are found In
the Architect will create u taste among our cIti-
zensi and the specifications of materials and la
Dor required, prove very important item in the
knowledge of those interested in buiIdinv-St
Louis EUening Gazette.
The architect is a work admirably calculated for
those who are engaged in building, whether Tor or
nalnent or useful puTpOses.-EDeRinq ExUTess
Its practical utility cannot be doubted by any
who will take the trouble to examine its contcnts
The full specifications and estimates of building
accompany ing each plan, can be relied on with
implicit cOnfidcncc-FGTDIcT and Mechanic
This work has passed through It's first volume
with steadily increasing popularity. In young
country like ours, the publication of original do.
Signs tor domestic and ornamental cottages, con.
nected with landscape gardening, adapied 10 The
climate, is calculated TO have an Important iuAu
ehGe upon tle style OF architecture in public as
well as in private ediices. Such publication r,e
have in the architect.-MOrning Star.
IL coniains many plans and specifications of or.
haIhehtAl cottages, suitable 10 every class and
harse' with estimates Of the cost thus saving the
expense Of an architect 1t is intended through
combine alo
ana TO cultivate refined taste, at moderate
Doth IN and around the dwellings of our ci,fzcn.
We can commend them without 1unIifc.tioD a.
the attention of gentlemen looking for nInns TO-
the neatest Of all country residences the cot,.no
nii. hahlett the author Of the designs in the Ar
chtect, may have the satisfaction Of knowing fs,
he is contributing to refine and elevate the ,S.te
Of his countrymen.-TTibune '
with the information here afforded. IN. c,n =,
glance ascertain the cost Of any STYLE Of
aL his fancy; without the expense of from
thlrty 70 hundred dollars usually paid for arcbI.
tecturai drawings for TO these designs are oI.n
added full descriptions, with speciicafioDs -,
Inmates Of the materials and labor. Tn. s--oc,,-
ton Of these numbers, both lithogrnphic nd to-
graphic, Is excellent, and the paper fine.
them ornaments for drawing rooms.
r.,. Journal Of Con,uere.
Inc sPeeihcatiOns and estimates are 40 r0i,.
ly and clearly made out, the drawings are ~ s'i,.
ana tne directions 30 exact, that aDv o.ntI.....'
wanting TO build may be his own sre6;taot
clerk 9lthe work.; provided he adoDf. an,, -
aai,ahe designs in Mr.. Ranett's woTf T;....
we could multiply notices, ad infinituu. bu,,b.
eDote S snitiee IL 10 believed that No ,,,-I
ever published either in Enrope 3, az. ~ noIk
Si l.s slze, has ever had more erten.iv. go -
ueen more generally appreciated 80 '--.f VI
faolished By Dewitt g. Deyen,o,, ia
bsndingsSNev Tork. ihSnae