THE LANDSCAPE BEAUTIFUL 



The enjoyment which we get from a 

 sunset is very much the same, — immediate, 

 poigfnant, and characterized by simple but 

 emphatic bodily tensions. A sunset, how- 

 ever, has some sort of composition, for 

 there is a center of interest round which 

 all things else are gathered and to which 

 all the accessories are obviously referred. 

 Then there is likely to be a color develop- 

 ment of almost equal appeal, surpassing 

 almost any other exhibit of colors known 

 to the eye. And we must not forget that 

 color is one of the chief materials for pro- 

 ducing aesthetic enjoyment. 



While we are speaking of colors in this 

 particular connection, we ought to say 

 just one word about the rainbow. Not 

 since humanity has been human has the 

 rainbow made its appeal in vain. The form 

 of it has an important effect in making it 

 beautiful, but the colors are beyond all 

 other comparison, delightful. Nowhere 

 in poetry or science is there any other 

 measure either for variety or for perfect 

 harmony of colors. The pleasure of it 

 is indisputable, inevitable. We have only 

 to notice that, both in form and coloring, 

 the rainbow is peculiarly adapted to pro- 



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