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space that dwarfs the dole of suburban freehold 

 deemed sufficient in cities on our side of the 

 Atlantic. In our sense of the word, there is hardly 

 any Zoo at Bronx. There is, on the other hand, 

 a large mixed family of wild creatures revelling in 

 the open-air life, enjoying great measure of their 

 natural existence amid congenial surroundings, with 

 none of the risks. Here, in fact, is attainment of 

 the ideal, hitherto regarded as Utopian, and rightly 

 so, in more crowded countries, for which Mr 

 Edmund Selous did arduous battle in the columns 

 of the Saturday Review. The picture he used to 

 draw of such a Liberty Hall was a bright one, but 

 no brighter than may be seen any fine day at 

 Bronx, where captivity recalls the verses of the 

 Cavalier poet, being in great measure no captivity 

 at all. A little later in my travels I visited the 

 model estate of Biltmore, where one of the Vander- 

 bilts has proved that, with a few millions at your 

 back, small farming can be carried on at a profit. 

 It would be impossible to have reached such results 

 at Bronx without very generous expenditure, 

 though all the wealth of Golconda (whatever that 

 may amount to) would have been barren without 

 the guiding genius of the Director and the loyal 

 support of his colleagues. Time only is grudged 

 by those anxious for completion. Time generally 

 is grudged by our breathless friends across the 

 ocean. Yet, with such funds at their disposal, the 

 authorities can all but work miracles at a moment's 

 notice. Millionaires dip their hands in their 

 pocket to endow the park as light-heartedly as they 

 would to smash a Trust. 



The change that has come over Bronx within 



