CONTENTS. 



TO VOL. L 



CHAPTER I. 



x ue reasons why an improver should study pictures, as well 



as nature \ 



The artist's design in real scenery, must change with the growth 

 and decay of trees: the only unchanging compositions, are in 



the designs of painters 7 



Distinction between the painter and the improver 8 



Between looking at pictures, merely with a reference to other 

 pictures, and studying them with a view to the improvement 



of our ideas of nature 11 



The general principles of both arts the same IS 



The manner in which a picture of Claude, would probably be 

 improved by Mr. Brown — Anecdote of an improved picture of 



Sir Joshua Reynold's. Note 15 



'The Colonna Claude. Note IS 



CHAPTER II. 



Causes of the neglect of the picturesque in modern improvement 21 



Intricacy and variety, characteristics of the picturesque : mono- 

 tony and baldness of improved places 22 



A dressed lane ... 24 



A lane in it's natural and picturesque state ibid. 



Near the house, picturesque beauty must often be sacrificed to 

 neatness 29 



Different ways in which a picturesque lane might probably be 

 improved • 30 



Examples of two lanes that have been improved 32 



