Citizens Retiring to the Country 211 



secure, in their fee simple, as much as possible of natural 

 beauty, and undertake the elaborate improvement of only 

 small places which will not become a burden to them. 

 Millionaires, of course, w r e leave out of the question. They 

 may do what they like. But most Americans buying a 

 country place may take it for their creed, that 



Man wants but little land below, 

 Nor wants that little dear. 



