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ped on scores of buildings up and down thecountry. So much for invention, but it is more difficultto put into words the qualities which are the expressionof humour. They are the outcome of a rich changefulnesscf idea. That the work here illustrated entertains us, noone who studied the buildings,… … 25 26 Invention and Humour artists of inventive temperament have relieved great con-ceptions by enchanting accessories, like Victor Hugosbutterfly which alights on the bloodstained barricade inLes Miserables. Domestic architecture lives in an atmo-sphere of quieter and more gracious ideals, but…
