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the hillside bordering the open space, and finally think- 

 ing the brook did not look altogether happy, he brought 

 it over alongside the wood road and took it by a cir- 

 cuitous route to the waterfall and so down into the 

 pool. He also built a bungalow, or a tea house, or a 

 picnic house, whichever you may choose to call it, 

 which had in its simple rustic way the comforts of a 

 home. This bungalow stands on the banks of the 

 brook just above the falls on the edge of a charming 

 spot where several trees appear in a group, and a small 

 footbridge spans the stream and leads to the building. 

 The scene is entirely American ; just such a scene would 

 hardly appear anywhere but on the Hudson. There 

 is nothing whatever alien about it. The picture has 

 been composed by Mr. Staples for the purpose of mak- 

 ing what may be termed a little home in the woods to 

 be occupied a longer or shorter time as his fancy may 

 lead him. The curious part of the design of the pic- 

 ture is that somehow it is Japanese in effect. It may 

 be said that the Japanese lantern and little arched 

 wooden bridge have a distinctly Japanese quality, 

 but that alone would not account for the suggestion 

 of Japanese scenery. You might set these accessories 

 in a landscape on other lawns and they would not 

 create a Japanese effect. The fact is that Mr. Staples, 

 whether consciously or not, has worked out his little 

 picture on right artistic and natiu^al lines, that would 

 make good art in the landscape gardening of any part 

 of the world. The Japanese, true artists as they are, 

 work out their landscape schemes on entirely natural 



