CONTENTS. XXlll 



The siron;^ attraction of water, and its influence on all around it. 



Its position of great consequence in tlie view from the house • • 51 

 The banks of a hare natural rircr, compared witii those of Mr. 

 Brown's — also, suppobii g them butli to be plaiittd and lelt to 



grow wild "^"^ 



The varieties in the rich but Hut banks of a natural ri\er ex- 

 amined 56 



They all mav, and should be imitated 59 



On planting the banke of water CO 



On artificial hillocks, and swellinfis of around 71 



Quotation from Mr. Maiinn, on that subject ibiu. 



Ditto from the Abbe de Lilic 75 



On the forms of artificial pieces of water — Reason- for imitating 



a lake rather than a river 76 



Excellent hints may be taken from the forms of water in «;ravcl- 



pits- 



78 



Effect of the proportion of objects to the size of water 80 



And of their disproportion — Small pools in wood*d scenes" 81 



Quotation from Mr. Mason i^'*^* 



On the revival of tints in water— Note on the use of water m 



pictures °" 



Note on a picture of Titian '"id. 



Many banks spoiled by raising water too high— the effect of 

 torrents descending into a flat — quotatiim from Macchiavelli 85 



On islands 86 



Those in Lake Superior— Note from Morse's' American Geo- 

 graphy ...ibid. 



Tlie use of islands in disguising the appearanee of the hea'i 88 



Their own intrinsic beauty il^id* 



