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THE GUIDE TO NATURE. 



A VIEW OF THE ITALIAN GARDEN FROM THE ROAD. 



brush were so far beyond the ability 

 of all others as to forbid imitation. 



In the writer's opinion it was not 

 in art, which is Mr. Seton's best de- 

 veloped talent, nor even in his ability 

 as a naturalist, but rather in his skill 

 as a writer and lecturer, accomplish- 



ments discovered somewhat late in 

 life, for which the public honored and 

 remunerated him. 



Mr. Seton's greatest talents, those 

 of the artist and the scientific natural- 

 ist, would never have brought him the 

 gold and the fame that were brought 



MR. SETON EXHIBITING A SKUNK TO A CLASS IN NATURE STUDY. 



