A Word for Architecture 



ful by the skilled work of a score of different 

 artisans, should have an exterior of conso- 

 nant expression ; and rough-hewn stones or 

 roughly cemented bowlders cannot give this 

 expression. 



But it is not only in country homes that 

 our methods of using stone are often erro- 

 neous. Country churches and public build- 

 ings, and even the most ambitious city 

 structures, frequently prove bad taste in 

 this respect. Even in urban parks an ex- 

 aggerated effort to adapt the architectural 

 work to rural surroundings is a departure 

 from genuine simplicity. A park is one of 

 the most complicated and elaborate of artis- 

 tic creations ; and its unity and beauty are 

 impaired if any feature fails to show the 

 same kind and degree of skill and refine- 

 ment as are shown by those which accom- 

 pany it. No matter how rural in character 

 a park may be, or how pure and undisturbed 

 the sylvan charm of some of its remoter 

 parts, there is no place where all the work 

 of man ought to be done with greater care, 

 more perfect finish, or, very often (using 



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