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with a keen percepfcion of the picturesqueness 

 produced by the suggestive as well as by the 

 apparent beauty of natural objects. 



But, ere we say more of our Author's work, we 

 must say something of the man himself ; and, for 

 the materials for the brief account (which follows) 

 of his life, we are indebted to a ' Memoir ' of him, 

 written by ' An Admirer of his character and 

 works,' and published in 1851 — at Lymington, 

 by W. L. Galpine, and, in London, by Hamilton 

 and Adams. This memoir only professes to 

 give an outline of Gilpin's life, and it naturally 

 expresses regret that materials for a fuller bio- 

 graphy were not easily accessible, owing, mainly, to 

 the fact that the Author of the ' Forest Scenery ' 

 never kept a diary, ' nor left any papers behind 

 him from which interesting particulars could be 

 gathered of himself.' Here, however, as we have 

 said, we purpose to give a few details only of his 

 life and work. 



"William Gilpin was born on the 4th of June, 

 1724, at Scaleby Castle, near Carlisle, where his 

 family had lived for three generations. His 

 father was Captaia John Bernard Gilpin, a lineal 



