Art Oiit-of-Doors 



There should be no more walks than are 

 needful • they should neither be so straight 

 as to lack beauty, nor so meandering as to 

 lack good sense ; and they should be as nar- 

 row as convenience will permit, for gravel- 

 streaks are not charming objects in them- 

 selves, and the greater their breadth the 

 more they decrease the apparent size of the 

 place. A walk six feet wide, where one of 

 three would have sufficed, will dv»^arf its sur- 

 roundings to a much greater degree than 

 most owners realize. 



A lawn can be injured almost as much by 

 foot-paths as by drives when they cut across 

 it. A properly kept lawn is as delightful to 

 walk upon as to look at, and, in our dry 

 summers, the days are rare when it will be 

 too wet even for a lady's shoe. Of course, 

 there may be cases when some distant object 

 — a summer-house that is constantly used, a 

 boat-house, or a tennis-court — will so con- 

 stantly attract the feet that, unless a walk be 

 provided, a ragged path will be worn across 

 the grass. Then a made walk is naturally 

 better, for anything is better than a look of 

 untidiness and neglect in grounds which 



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