Lading out grounds, as it is called, may be considered as a liberal art, in some sort like poetry and 

 painting; and its object, like that of all the liberal arts, is, or ought to be, to move the affections under 

 the control of good sense. If this be so when we are merely putting together words or colois, how much 

 more ought the feeling to prevail when we are in the midst of the realities of things; of the beauty and 

 harmony, of the joy and happiness of living creatures; of men and children, of birds and beasts, of 

 hills and streams, and trees and flowers, with the changes of night and day, evening and morning, 

 summer and winter, and all their unwearied actions and energies. — WORDSWORTH. 



The publication of this book is the culmination of a lifetime of effort and 

 study, and it is hoped that its presentation in pictorial form will prove valuable 

 to all lovers of beautiful homes. 



