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the houses were in the Gothic style, others like
Grecian temples; and why not? The home ought to be a
temple as well as a habitation and a storehouse. I
also saw villages, churches, and all varieties of
buildings on the shores, the prevailing color being
white. Many private houses, however, were of a soft
gray or a sepia tint.
After a sail of between three and four hours,
we landed at the little town of Newburgh,
where Mr. Downing’s carriage awaited to convey
us up the hills to a beautiful villa of light
sepia-colored sandstone, with two small projecting
towers. Surrounded by a park, lying high and open,
it has an unobstructed view over the beautiful river
and its shores. A delicate, pretty little woman met
us at the door, embraced Mr. Downing, and cordially
welcomed his guests. This was Mrs. Downing.
The Astor House with its splendid rooms and brilliant
social life and the New World with all its finery
were good specimens of the showy side of America;
and Mr. Downing thought it was just as well that
I should at once see something of it, that I might
be better able to judge the other side of American
life -- that which belongs to the inward, more refined,
and more peculiarly individual development. And I
could hardly have a better example of this than in
Mr. Downing himself and
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