Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-04-14
NHE ARCMIwECT,

4 SERIES OF ORIGINAL DESIGNS, for
"a 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 II. Ranlett, Ar
chiteCt, Published in twenty numbers, prico SO
cents per No., making two volumes royal quarto.
Price Sl2.
large commercial towns. We have never before
seen work on architecture so well ADAPTED 10 the
wants of the American people. II is at onco scion.
tific and practical.-HWnt'S Magazine.
We have already expressed an opinion Of it,
merits, ranking II among the best works of the
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
peOplc-MiTTOT.
The circulation of such drawings al are found in
the Architect, will create taste among our citi-
zens and the specifications of materials and Ia
Dor required, prove very important item In the
knowledge of those interested In buildinp.-St
LO2iS EUeRiR9 Gazette.
The architect is work admirably calculated foy
those who arc engaged in building whether for or.
nament or useful purrOses.--E1eniHq E1pyess.
Its practical utility canHOt be doubted by any
who will take the trouble to examine It's contents
Tho full specifications and estimates Of building
accompanying each plan, can DO relied on with
implicit cvnfdencc.-FGTmera and htehGnfe.
This work has PASSED through its first volume
with steadily increasing popularity. In young
country like ours, the publication Of original de-
signs for domestic and ornamental cOItSgeS, con-
nectcd with landscape gardening, adapted 20 the
climate, is calculated to have an important ipdu.
ence upon the style Of architecture in public a.
well as in private edifces. Such publication We
have in the architeOt.-MOTning Star
1t contains many plans and specifications Of or
namental cottages, suitable to every class and
narse, with estimates Of the cost; thus saving the
expense Of an architect. 1t il intended through
the AFchltectI TO combine elegance with utility
and TO cultivate refined TASTE al moderate
both in and around the dwellings of our ciiIzonS
We can commend them without ouaIi6cation 70
the attention Of gentlemen looking for Dlans for
the neatest Of all country residences, the cottage
MIR. Ranlett, the author Of the designs In the AZ
chitect, may have the satisfaction Of knowing that
ne = contributing to refine and elevate the taste
Of his countrymen.-TTibune.
With the Information here afforded, ons can Al
glance ascertain the cost Of any STYLE Of -
that strikes his fancy; without the exDense az fr
thirty 70 hundred dollars usually paid for arebl
tectursl drawings for TO these designs are aiso
addedtuH descriptions, with specifications SOD ~.
Inmates Of the materials and labor IN. e-Ss..
tion Of these numbers, both lithoRraphic md t,1o
graphic, seXcelent and the paper fine, reDdcriD,,
them ornaments for drawfng-rOoms.
- Journal Of Csmntege.
Inc sPecneallonSa ana estl1nafes are 80 fninufS.
" epd clearly made OUT the drawings are 70 mn.
and The directions 80 exact, that any rente,...'
wanting 70 build may be his own dreifteef s,S
taeler oft he work. provided he adODfa -, = ~
admirable designs in Mr.. RanIett,s WORK TfrtS,
and, MessepgeT, - - tnses
~ sepld multiP notices, adinfnitum buttha
above VII sutiice.- It IS believed tii,f1 ~, II
ever pubiiscd either In EdFofS a. ~. ..al
o. rs sizei has ever had amofe e1tsn1iTs ne
pen more generally appreciated = u =
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