INTRODUCTION. 





standing pi-rl -me \v. ill <>f \\elK lipped green. Pan 



upon Ins pedi-st.il IN .it K' ush.itn, .1 shepherd at Canons Ashhy, 

 and cluracteristic arcadian Inures .in- at Fowls Castle and 

 i-.niirkl Old Park. A kneelin, "black but comely." 



Norton < I In Yorkshire, and a like figure is in the 



lovely uaule: if in Warwickshire. Again we lind 



gleaming nut hie, tlmugh the uv i.f th.it Mil-Nt.iiuc n-t) 

 judgment and i-.ire. .uul the Mtvutu.n must tx- .ippr<>pd.r 

 emphasiv? and yet to harmonise its tv.mtiev 1 here .e inn- 

 bronze statues also, as welcome .is those of lead, as at 

 Leighton Hall in South Wales, ulu-re we n > ' 



iahis plunging headlonj; into a miniature ^l-gr.in. I 





THE GARDEN GATES, CHISWICK HOl'SE. 



the black slave kneeling to support an urn at Melbourne. 

 Derbyshire, and at Kenishaw Hall, in the same county, two 

 leaden centurions keep watch at the approach to one of the 

 gardens. Leaden figures such as these have an attraction not 

 to explain; but, of course, lead i> not the only substance 

 in which the garden sculptor may excel. He may give us the 



also we may find excellent bronze vases, and elegant little 

 amorini adorning the terrace borders. < irr.it is the variety of 

 garden sculpture, and endless the play of fancy in garden 

 planning and adornment. Paul Hentzner, who made a journey 

 into bngland in the year 1598, noted the glories of the \ 

 N ivli. with its pyramids of marble, its double fountain 



