Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937, Parrish, Maxfield, 1870-1966 · New York : The Century Co. · leaf 268
ith a projecting Ionic portico on each face — a planopen to the charge of monotony, but partly justified inthis case by the fact that the house is built on the sum-mit of a knoll from which there are four \iews, allequally pleasing, and each as it were entitled to thedistinction of having a loggia… … VILLAS OF VENETIA with its happy minghng of freedom and classicaHsm, itswonderful adaptation to dimate and habits of life, itscapricious grace of detail, and its harmony with thegarden-architecture which was designed to surround it. The Villa Capra has not preserved its old gardens,and at the Villa…
