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DANIEL MALTHUS, ESQ. purchased, in 1759, the Rook- 

 ery, near Dorking, noted for its beauties of hill, dale, 

 wood, and water; he sold it in 1768. He translated Ge- 

 rardin, De la Composition des Pay sages, 12mo. 1783, to 

 which he prefixed a preface, being, chiefly, remarks on what 

 the gardens of the Greeks and Romans were; a view of Ros- 

 seau's tomb is prefixed. Mr. Malthus justly observes, that 

 this Essay " is full of the most insinuating eloquence, that it 

 is wrote by the friend of Rousseau, and from scenes which 

 realize some of its most beautiful descriptions." He further 

 observes, that " trifling as this enquiry will appear in itself, 

 it may add something towards the benevolent purpose of 

 M. d'Ernonville, which is to make men sensible of the ex- 

 haustless charms of nature, to lead them back to their simple 

 and original tastes, to promote the variety and resources of a 

 country life, and to unite its usefulness with its embellish- 

 ment."* 



JOHN KENNEDY published a Treatise upon Planting, Gar- 

 dening, &c. 8vo. York, 1776. 



N. SWINDEN, " an ingenious gardener and seedsman at 



er's Magazine for May, 1827. Mr. Whateley's distinction between a river, 

 a rivulet, and a rill, form, perhaps, five of the most seductive pages of his 

 book. Our own Shakspeare's imagery on this subject, should not be over- 

 looked : 



The current that with gentle murmur glides, 



Thou know'st, being stopp'd, impatiently doth rage; 



But when his fair course is not hindered, 



He makes sweet music with the enamelled stones, 



Giving a gentle kiss to every sedge 



He overtaketh in his pilgrimage : 



And so by many winding nooks lie strays 



With willing sport to the wild ocean. 



* The benevolent mind of the marquis shines even in his concluding 

 chapter; for he there wishes "to bring us back to a true taste for beautiful 



