IN publishing the following examples of Indian Architecture, my object is to interest all who care for art, and particularly to bring to their notice the industries of wood and stone carving as applied to buildings. It rests with us, both here and in Europe, to decide whether we are going to allow arts to die out which have taken centuries, with all the advantages of the caste system of the East, to bring to perfection. There is but one way of saving them and that is, by giving employment to the best men in making the finest things. My work in this direction, which has been going on for more than four years, is no longer an experiment, and I can say with perfect confidence that better carving has never been made there, than I can have done at the present time.

The first three and the twenty-first and twenty-second plates give examples of the Hindu houses of the north-western part of the Bombay Presidency. The others show the Mahomedan influence in Rajaputana and northern India, though the details and ornament are in some cases decidedly Hindu.

Lockwood De Forest.

PLATE I. HOUSE AT AHMEDABAD, 16th CENTURY.
PLATE I. HOUSE AT AHMEDABAD, 16th CENTURY.
PLATE II. HOUSE AT AHMEDABAD, 17th CENTURY.
PLATE II. HOUSE AT AHMEDABAD, 17th CENTURY.
PLATE III. HOUSE AT AHMEDABAD, 18th CENTURY.
PLATE III. HOUSE AT AHMEDABAD, 18th CENTURY.
PLATE IV. COPY OF ONE OF THE BHUDDER WINDOWS AT AHMEDABAD, FULL SIZE 7 FT. x 10 FT. MADE BY MR. DE FOREST'S MEN AND SOLD TO THE SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM.
PLATE IV. COPY OF ONE OF THE BHUDDER WINDOWS AT AHMEDABAD, FULL SIZE 7 FT. x 10 FT. MADE BY MR. DE FOREST'S MEN AND SOLD TO THE SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM.
PLATE V. COPY OF THE SECOND BHUDDER WINDOW IN MR. DE FOREST'S POSSESSION IN NEW YORK.
PLATE V. COPY OF THE SECOND BHUDDER WINDOW IN MR. DE FOREST'S POSSESSION IN NEW YORK.
PLATE VI. FRONT OF A HOUSE AT AJMERE.
PLATE VI. FRONT OF A HOUSE AT AJMERE.
PLATE VII. TOMB OF THE TIME OF AKBAR, RED SANDSTONE.
PLATE VII. TOMB OF THE TIME OF AKBAR, RED SANDSTONE.
PLATE VIII.MARBLE TRACERY IN THE PALACE, DELHI.
PLATE VIII.MARBLE TRACERY IN THE PALACE, DELHI.
PLATE IX. WINDOW OF A HOUSE AT AMRITZA.
PLATE IX. WINDOW OF A HOUSE AT AMRITZA.
PLATE X. BRASS DOOR AT AMRITZA.
PLATE X. BRASS DOOR AT AMRITZA.
PLATE XI. FRONT OF A HOUSE AT LAHORE.
PLATE XI. FRONT OF A HOUSE AT LAHORE.
PLATE XII. FRONT OF A HOUSE AT LAHORE.
PLATE XII. FRONT OF A HOUSE AT LAHORE.
PLATE XIII. FRONT OF A HOUSE AT LAHORE.
PLATE XIII. FRONT OF A HOUSE AT LAHORE.
PLATE XIV. DOORWAY OF HOUSE, RED SANDSTONE, MULTAN.
PLATE XIV. DOORWAY OF HOUSE, RED SANDSTONE, MULTAN.
PLATE XV. FRONT OF A HOUSE AT MULTAN.
PLATE XV. FRONT OF A HOUSE AT MULTAN.
PLATE XVI. DOOR OF HOUSE, MULTAN.
PLATE XVI. DOOR OF HOUSE, MULTAN.
PLATE XVII. WINDOW OF TOMB IN TILE AT MULTAN.
PLATE XVII. WINDOW OF TOMB IN TILE AT MULTAN.
PLATE XVIII. DOORWAY OF HOUSE, RED SANDSTONE, MULTAN.
PLATE XVIII. DOORWAY OF HOUSE, RED SANDSTONE, MULTAN.
PLATE XIX. MR. DE FOREST'S ROOMS, 9 EAST 17th STREET, NEW YORK.
PLATE XIX. MR. DE FOREST'S ROOMS, 9 EAST 17th STREET, NEW YORK.
PLATE XX. MR. DE FOREST'S ROOMS, 9 EAST 17th STREET, NEW YORK.
PLATE XX. MR. DE FOREST'S ROOMS, 9 EAST 17th STREET, NEW YORK.
PLATE XXI. DOOR OF A HOUSE AT AHMEDABAD, 19TH CENTURY.
PLATE XXI. DOOR OF A HOUSE AT AHMEDABAD, 19TH CENTURY.
PLATE XXII. HOUSE AT AHMEDABAD, EARLY 17TH CENTURY.
PLATE XXII. HOUSE AT AHMEDABAD, EARLY 17TH CENTURY.
PLATE XXIII. WINDOW OF A HOUSE AT LAHORE.
PLATE XXIII. WINDOW OF A HOUSE AT LAHORE.
PLATE XXIV. TOMB OF ALA-UD-DIN KHILJI, OLD DELHI.
PLATE XXIV. TOMB OF ALA-UD-DIN KHILJI, OLD DELHI.
PLATE XXV. MARBLE GATEWAY OF A TOMB AT GUALIOR.
PLATE XXV. MARBLE GATEWAY OF A TOMB AT GUALIOR.