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the hillside bordering the open space, and finally think- 

 ing the brook did not look altogether happy, he brought 

 it over alongside the wood road and took it by a cir- 

 cuitous route to the waterfall and so down into the 

 pool. He also built a bungalow, or a tea house, or a 

 picnic house, whichever you may choose to call it, 

 which had in its simple rustic way the comforts of a 

 home. This bungalow stands on the banks of the 

 brook just above the falls on the edge of a charming 

 spot where several trees appear in a group, and a small 

 footbridge spans the stream and leads to the building. 

 The scene is entirely American ; just such a scene would 

 hardly appear anywhere but on the Hudson. There 

 is nothing whatever alien about it. The picture has 

 been composed by Mr. Staples for the purpose of mak- 

 ing what may be termed a little home in the woods to 

 be occupied a longer or shorter time as his fancy may 

 lead him. The curious part of the design of the pic- 

 ture is that somehow it is Japanese in effect. It may 

 be said that the Japanese lantern and little arched 

 wooden bridge have a distinctly Japanese quality, 

 but that alone would not account for the suggestion 

 of Japanese scenery. You might set these accessories 

 in a landscape on other lawns and they would not 

 create a Japanese effect. The fact is that Mr. Staples, 

 whether consciously or not, has worked out his little 

 picture on right artistic and natural lines, that would 

 make good art in the landscape gardening of any part 

 of the world. The Japanese, true artists as they are, 

 work out their landscape schemes on entirely natural 



