John LaFarge 



mind a wish to find an abiding home 

 for all these things, and many times 

 he described to me the manner of 

 place where he might rest with these 

 treasures about him. But they were 

 not referred to in his talk. The place 

 was built by his imagination for its 

 beauty. When he described to me 

 what he proposed to do, there was 

 usually some reference to the forms 

 of art which were familiar to me. As 

 an instance : he had planned, if I may 

 so describe a mere figment of the 

 imagination, one great room in this 

 dream-building, where, high up, above 

 windows and doors, a manner of frieze 

 should run around a large space filled 

 with the most beautiful of stained 

 glass, and continuing mentally the 

 memories of his visits to Mr. Ruskin, 

 and his seeing the drawings of Botti- 

 celli, he suggested that stories from 

 Dante's Divine Comedy give the mo- 

 tive for this decoration. We had 

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