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Mr. Repton not their inventor, as he affirms. 705 



Description of a slide and its use 705 



Compared with the author's mode of producing two distinct land- 

 scapes 705 



The proposed advantages of using slides 705 



The use of slides does not admit of a fair comparison between the 



present and improved states of the subjects, 705 



From the edginess of the boundary lines of the slide 706 



exciting of curiosity to see what is under it 706, 



the necessary discomposure of that view in which the slide 



forms a part 706 



But supposing slides were allowable, the ease with which propri- 

 etors may be deceived by them, by the slightest difference in 

 the execution of the drawing, is a sufficient argument against 



their use • • 707 



The artist may deceive by mere negligence in execution, whether 



in drawing, keeping, perspective, &c 707 



> the distribution of light 707 



colour 707 



Slides may be compared to quack medicines 708 



Result of this enquiry 708 



1 . That slides are liable to deceive of themselves, and ought never to be 



used 708 



2. That the artist has a much greater opportunity of deceiving by 



them than by the author's mode ; and that Mr. Repton has done 

 this in every slide given in his published works, and in all his 



red books seen by the author 70S 



No. II. Strictures on Mr. Repton's published works on Landscape Gardening ; and 

 chiefly on his mode of operating with water and wood, the 

 two principal materials of landscape. 



Wood and water by far the most important materials for improving 



rural scenery 70S 



The temples, porticos, pavilions, &c. erected by Mr. Repton, and 

 exhibited in his drawings, daily becoming disgusting to men 

 of elegant taste 709 



Mr. Repton's avowedly ostentatious display of art in altering ground. 7 10 



remarks on water. He shrinks from comparing his 



practice, and that of his predecessor, with that of Mr. Price.... 710 



object is to display extent, not character 7 1 1 



