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AnsTTcr to In thc ycET l/P^ a work first appeared 



Mr. Price's 



"Essay." under the title of '* An Essay on the 

 PtCTURESQUE," by Uvedalc Price, Esq. 

 which the author allows to be " a direct 

 " and undisguised attack on the Art of 

 " Landscape Gardening." This obliged 

 me to take up its defence by the following 

 letter, of which a few copies only were 

 printed, but none sold, at least with my 

 consent.' 



1 sincerely regret that this unexpected 

 renewal of attack by Mr. Price's original 

 ally (although nou^ become a little hos- 

 tile), should oblige ine once more to en- 

 ter the lists. I have no new armour, and 

 have barely time to furbish up my old\ 

 therefore the following letter is reprinted 

 without variation, to shew the public that 

 my sentiments remain the same: — I stand 

 on the same ground; my adversaries have 

 changed theirs a little. 



' This letter afterwards appeared in a note to th«; 

 appendix to my " Sketches and Hints," of which (as 

 before mentioned) only 250 copies were printed by 

 Messrs. Boydell. 



