Parkways and Willows 



profitable reflection and contempla- 

 tion recalling to those whose tem- 

 perament responds at all to such vivid 

 appeals, the wealth of freedom that 

 has been lost in the onward rush of 

 civilization. But the dunes still hold 

 much of their virgin character. There 

 the fox still is trapped within sight of 

 steel-mill smoke, and the heron and 

 the owl sweep down the sands as when 

 this weird wilderness was young. 



I am in favor of knocking down that 

 behemoth or Goliath of Lincoln Park 

 statuary known as Goethe, and sub- 

 stituting bronzes of Earl Reed, the 

 poet-artist and Woodruff, the facsimile 

 reproducer of the dunes. Why is it 

 people don't know enough to duly 

 honor their own worthy ones ? I know 

 of a presentation copy of the first edi- 

 tion of "Vanity Fair "to the Marchion- 

 ess of Normanby, with an original 

 drawing by Thackeray of Mr. Punch 

 presenting a copy of his book, that can 

 be bought for 1,200. Well, you may 

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