Types. The country house as stately home : Biltmore ; "The registers of our very latest days" : withdrawal from the city ; The country house as rural retreat : Olana ; The country house as compromise : Kykuit -- Inspirations. "As nearly as such a thing is possible in the Republic" : the English country gentleman style ; The American-ness of the American country house : practical, convenient, comfortable, efficient ; "Along that green embowered track" : the Philadelphia main line ; "Everything here grows wonderfully" : Winterthur -- Activities. "More fun than a yacht" : the farm beautiful ; "The workable, the expensively workable, American form of country life" : the Berkshires ; "One of the current luxuries that matters" : the architecture of sport ; "By far the most amazing thing in America" : the Adirondacks -- Special conditions. Indoors-outdoors : Florida and California ; Resort and country life : Newport, Bar Harbor, and Jekyll Island -- Envoi. Death in Venice : Viscaya.
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