Various. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 19, No. 544, April 28, 1832
SWISS COTTAGE, AT THE COLOSSEUM, IN THE REGENT'S PARK
THE VOICES OF THE NIGHT
MANNERS & CUSTOMS OF ALL NATIONS
MAY-DAY GAMES
THE SELECTOR; AND LITERARY NOTICES OF NEW WORKS
SITTING IN THE DRUID'S CHAIR
THE JUST DYING SPEECH AND CONFESSION OF THE PAGAN IMMORTALS
SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS
SHELLEY AT OXFORD
THE NATURALIST
GLEANINGS IN NATURAL HISTORY
THE SKETCH BOOK
THE ABBOT OF TEWKESBURY
NOTES OF A READER
WILLS,
SUPERSTITION OF SAILORS
THE GATHERER
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Swiss Cottage, At The Colosseum
We have already illustrated the Panorama,3 and it is our intention to introduce other embellishments of the Colosseum, as far as may be compatible with finished sketches. Our present subject is the principal apartment in the Swiss Cottage, to which the reader or visiter is conducted through a range of conservatories, containing choice exotics, with some of the most majestic proportions of leaf and flower that can be enjoyed in any clime. The communication is by a stone-work passage, the temperature of which is a refreshing succedaneum to that of the conservatories, or 72°. This cottage was designed by P.F. Robinson, Esq. who has evinced considerable taste in a publication on cottages and cottage-villas, as well as in the execution of various buildings. It consists of four apartments, three of which may be considered as finished. The apartment in our Engraving was completed, or nearly so, on our first visit. It is wainscotted with coloured (knotted) wood, and carved in imitation of the ornamented dwelling of a Swiss family. The fire-place will be recognised as the very beau ideal of cottage comfort: the raised hearthstone, massive fire-dogs and chimney-back, and its cosy seats, calculated to contain a whole family seated at the sides of its ample hearth–are characteristic of the primitive enjoyments of the happy people from among whom this model was taken. Our view is from the extreme corner, from which point the entrance-passage is shown in the distance.
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The tabor and pipe strike up a morrice.—A shout within.
