CONTENTS. 



PACE 



This is sure to be obtained by rural improvers 69$ 



And of a kind more lasting, more general, and more truly 



noble, than that obtained by heroes 69 1 



The glory of national character ought to stimulate to the improve- 

 ment of residences, because one branch of this art, picturesque 

 improvement, is an art invented and pursued almost solely in 



Britain * 692 



General view of a patriotic improver 693 



Conclusion of the whole 700 



APPENDIX. 



An enquiry into the merits and utility of Mr. Repton's mode of shew- 

 ing effects by slides and sketches, with strictures on his opinions 

 and practices in rural improvement, as displayed in the residences 

 laid out from his plans, and in his writings on landscape 



GARDENING. 



INTRODUCTION. 



Mr. Repton claims the important right of " guiding the taste, and im- 



proving the scenery of his country" 703 



. Others, as well as myself, (such as Messrs. Knight, Price, &c.) consi- 

 der this taste as false judgment . 703 



Hence the following strictures 703 



Errors in taste, as in every thing else, effect their own improvement 703 



The high price (of 10. 10.) of Mr. Repton's writings, and his autho- 

 rity with a number of the higher classes^ have prevented his 

 opinions from being freely discussed by general readers and 

 proprietors 704 



Otherwise his system could not have retained its ground so long as it 



has done... 704 



Mr. Repton, from his ignorance in the different branches of hus- 

 bandry, has not, and never can, effect any real improvement in 

 the art of laying but grounds 704 



Still Mr. Repton has naturally a considerable sha re of superficial and 



pleasing ability, and is deservedly at the head of Brown's School 704 



Proposed arrangement of these strictures..... 704 



No. I. An enquiry into the merits of Mr. Repton's manner of using slides with 

 sketches, as displayed in his published works and private red 

 books or MSS. 



