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usually complete bowers cut in the trees, the leaves forming 

 the only covering ; and the people, while taking refreshments, 

 sit at little tables placed in each, as in tea-gardens of an inferior 

 description in England. Over the open entrances to the 

 alcoves are stretched wires, from which are suspended the 

 numbers of the different tables ; and behind the whole is 

 generally a saloon appropriated to dancing, in which is a very 

 tolerable band of music. 



The Salles de Mars and de Flore, in the Champs Elysees, 

 are also dancing rooms, with bands of music, for the lower 

 orders ; the visitors being generally inferior servants, laun- 

 dresses, flower girls, common soldiers, &c. The decorum and 

 excellent order preserved in these places are truly astonishing ; 

 as is the air of refinement which pervades the whole. Very 

 little wine is drunk, but ices and cakes are taken abundantly ; 

 and the girls, with large baskets of bouquets of flowers, who 

 stand in different parts of the saloon, seem to find a ready 

 market for their nosegays. The saloons are circular, and the 

 place for dancing is surrounded by pillars, which support the 

 roof; the space between the walls and the pillars being occu- 

 pied by lookers-on. The gardens belonging to these saloons 

 are laid out like those belonging to the guinguettes on the other 

 side of Paris. — J. W. L. 



(Tb be continued^) 



Art. II. Description of Harewood House, and its Gardens and 

 Grounds. By Ovtw?. 



• Harewood House is nearly a mile from the beautiful 

 village of that name, and is a noble specimen of architecture, 

 of the Corinthian order. On the wings of the building of the 

 north or carriage front are four beautiful medallions, repre- 

 senting Liberty, Britannia, Agriculture, and Commerce. The 

 rooms are universally admired for the taste and splendour of 

 their decorations ; the entrance hall is spacious and noble ; the 

 panels on the walls adorned with trophies of war; and in niches 

 are beautiful bronzed statues of Euterpe, Minerva, Iris, Flora, 

 "&c. The library is a very splendid room ; the coved ceiling 

 is highly ornamental, and very rich ; it is supported by pilas- 

 ters with Corinthian capitals : there is an excellent collection 

 of books, well arranged, and busts of Newton, Machiavel, 

 Dante, Petrarch, &c. The saloon is most elegant ; the furni- 

 ture green and gold. The chimney-piece, of white marble, bv 

 Vanguelder, is ' exquisite ; over this, admirably executed iri 



