Sp CHAPTER V 



SOME SMALL ACCESSORIES 

 GARDEN GAZING-GLOBES 



THE garden gazing-globe is an orna- 

 ment that is a delight to all who 

 have seen it, with its reflection of 

 the surrounding landscape. Like a Claude 

 Lorraine mirror, it concentrates all objects 

 within its range, so that it reflects them in 

 a closer perspective than naturally seen. 

 It interprets the charm of the landscape so 

 that the eye sees all the beauty caught and 

 intensified in a small sphere. 



This ornament is indeed an incentive to 

 one's imagination, for the various features 

 of its surroundings are reflected in a 

 way that calls for admiration, just as the 

 colors and composition of a painting make 



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