CONTENTS. 



.Accident and neglect the sources of variety in unimproved parks 



and forests y. 28? 



The reasons why lawns have so little variety ••••••• 290 



Why a lawn could hardly he made to look well in a picture •.• 291 



Yet their peculiar character ought not be destroyed 292 



Verdure and smoothness, which are the characteristic beauties 

 of a lawn, are in their nature allied to monotony ; hut im- 

 provers instead of trying to lessen that defect, have added 



to it ibid. 



Soft and smooth colours, like soft and smooth sounds, are 

 grateful to the mere sense: a relish for artful combinations, 



acquired by degrees 29i 



Such a relish does not exclude a taste for simple scenes, and 

 simple melodies 295 



CHAPTER III. 



On the general effects of water in landscape 297 



The beauty arising from reflections 298 



None in Mr. Brown's made water 299 



The turns of a beautiful natural river, compared with those of 



Mr. Brown's artificial rivers • • 300 



Remarks on certain passages of the poets, respecting the banks 



of rivers: none of them applicable to those of Mr. Brown's 



artificial water • • 305 



No professor has endeavoured to make an artificial like a natural 



river ; though he would be proud of having it mistaken for 



one 311 



Mr. Brown and his followers great economists of invention - • • • 313 

 Cruelty of destroying the retired character of a brook. Regu- 



lus. Note ibid. 



.Objects of reflection, peculiarly suited to stagnant water 315 



Remarks on the expression of a fine sheet of water ibid. 



The great piece of water at Blenheim 317 



The dressed bank and garden scenery : the reason why that part 



is superior to the other improved parts- » • •"• 319 



Mr. Brown did not work in that part upon principle 320 



He does not appear to have paid any attention to the thinning 



of his plantations ...r u , $of 



