OUT-OF-TOWN PLACES 



some of the possibilities in that direction, the 

 conditions of its success, and permanent use- 

 fulness to the masses. 



PLACE FOR PARKS 



First of all, a public park should be as near 

 as possible to the town; best of all, perhaps, 

 if in the very centre of the town, or, as in the 

 case of some of the old walled towns of Eu- 

 rope, girting it with a circle of green. I 

 hardly think any public gardens of the world 

 contribute more to the health and enjoyment 

 of the adjacent population than those of Frank- 

 fort-on-the-Main, which lie all about their 

 homes, and which are planted upon the line 

 of the old fortifications. Even the ill-kept 

 walks upon the ancient walls of Chester and 

 York (in England), by their nearness to the 

 homes of the people, and by the delightful out- 

 look they offer, are among the most cherished 

 promenades I know. But with us, who have 

 no girting walls, and rarely vacant spaces 

 about our commercial centres, these pleasant 

 breathing-places must be pushed into the out- 

 skirts of our towns. I say— rarely vacant 



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