152 LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



" hope itwill be the last time of my address- 

 " ing you in this public manner : in every 

 " private intercourse and communication, I 

 " shall always feel great satisfaction. 



" I am," &c. &c. 



I trust that the passages above recited will 

 remove all imputation of bitterness from the 

 controversy between rivals, now alike indif- 

 ferent to the meed of victory, — alike uncon- 

 scious of the fair face of nature which 

 awakened the strife between them ; and that 

 the Essays, freed from every impediment to 

 their utility, will be considered (as they de- 

 serve to be) the standard of taste on the 

 subjects of which they treat : and I shall 

 feel most gratified, if my humbler attempt 

 may prepare the uninitiated to reap the full 

 advantage of that elegant and interesting 

 work. 



