Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-11-10
THE ARCHITECT.

4 SERIES OF ORIGINAL DESIGNS, for
~ Domestic and Ornamental Cottages, cen
nec,ed WIN landscape Gardening, adapted 10 Tho
United States illustrated by Drawings Of
Ground Plans, Perspective Views; Elevations,
Sections, and Details, by William II. Rnnlett, Ar
chitect Published in twenty numbers, price so
cents per No., making two volumes royal quartz.
Price $40. -
tits well adaptcdto tho vicinities Of cities md
large commercial towns. We have never before
sccn work on architecture we'll adapted 10 tho
wants OF tho American people. II Ia at ssien-
titic and practical.-Hunt's Maoazine
We have already expressed an opinion Of it's
merits, ranking il 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
people.-Mirr0r.
The circulation of such drawings ns nre found In
the Architect, will create n taste among our ctti-
zcns; and the specifications of mntnrinls and la
Dor required, prove avery Important item in tho
knowledge of those interested In buIIdino-St
Louis Euening Gazette.
The architect Is n work admirably calculnt,d for
those who arc engaged in building, whether for or
nament or useful PurPoses.-E0ening Express
Its practical utility cannot be doubted nv INV
who will take the trouble 10 examine n, con,.ri,
The full specifications and estimates of buiIdIn,
accompanying each plan, can DO relied on viii
Implicit conhdeDce.-Far1ner and Mechanic.
ms WORK mas passed through its first volume
with steadily increasing popularity. In younu
country like ours, the publication of ORIGINAL a.
signs for domestic and ornamental cot,a5.. 20.
necteo WIN landscape gardening, adapted Ia n,
climate, Is calculated to have an important I,a,
ence upon the style of architecture in pubIIc !,
wen as In private edifices. Such publication No
have in the architcct.-Mornino!S Star.
Journal Of Connerse.
The specifications and estimates are no r,i.g,.
and clearly made out, tho drawings arc so full
and the directions exact, that any gentleman
wanting 10 build may be his own architect and
clerk ofthe work - provided he adopts any Of the
admirable designs in Mr.. Ranlett's work imss
and Messenger. =
we could multiply notices, ad infiniturn, bat the
aooVe WIZ suiiice Ii is believed that no work
ever published either in Europe or this country,
oil It's size, has ever had more extensive sale or
more generally appreciated.
contains many plans and specifications Of or
hanental cottages, suitable 10 every class and
harse with estimates Of the cost; t1us saving the
expense OF an architect IL IL intended through
the Architect, TO combine elegance with utility
and TO cultivate refined taste, at moderate expense
both in and around fte dwellings Of our ciiizons.
We can commend them without qualification 70
the attention Of gentlemen looking for plans fer
the neatest Of all country residences the cottage
Mr. Ranlett, the author Of the designs In tho Ar.
chiect, may have the satisfaction of knowing that
ne Is contributing TO refine and elevate the tahs
OF his countrymen.--Tyibuue rrF
With the information here afforded =, mi. can al
glance ascertain the cost of any styl, feottsss
mat strikes his faneyj without Gin, expense Of sa
thirty TO hundred dollars usually paid for .rchi-
tecturai drawings; for to these designs lsos
aaaea iuil descriptions, with specifications sndos
Inmates OF the materials and labor. The eIsen
non o. tnese numbers, both photographic and Typ
era Phic, ~ excellent, and the paper fine renderis
tne m ornaments for drarinc-rooms.
Pub iished by Dewitt & Davenport, Trisnss
Build hge, NevYork.