THE LANDSCAPE BEAUTIFUL 



have supposed that local color in literature 

 is chiefly dialect, but an extended considera- 

 tion of the matter, such as we now have no 

 time for, will show that they are quite 

 wrong. A story told in Irish brogue, for 

 exeimple, is not localized thereby. Leaving 

 dialect out of the question, it is certain that 

 some good writers have the power of 

 localizing their stories very vividly. After 

 reading certain good novels one feels 

 thoroughly familiar with the scenes of the 

 events. 



There are some writers who undertake, 

 with some success, to interest their readers 

 in out-and-out descriptions of the land- 

 scapes in which their actors are moving. 

 Thomas Hardy may be named as an ex- 

 ample. This method is more scientific 

 and less artistic, but it may fairly be Cedled 

 one way of introducing landscape into 

 literature. 



There are other examples of work, 

 still more scientific and still less artistic, in 

 which the writer aims only at landscape 

 description. Thomas Wheatley, in 1770, 

 published a very proper and interesting 

 work entitled, "Observations on Modern 

 Gardening, Illustrated by Descriptions." 



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