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HREE questions suggest them- 

 selves when we look at a mon- 

 ument which stands in a public 

 park or square or street : Does 



the person or event commemorated deserve 

 such conspicuous and lasting honor ? Is the 

 monument excellent as a work of art ? And 

 is it so placed that it appears to the best 

 advantage itself, and increases the beauty of 

 its surroundings ? 



If our public places are to be fittingly 

 adorned, two of these questions should be 

 carefully considered every time that an out- 

 door monument is proposed. The first, I 

 think, may be left to take care of itself. 

 Public monuments, at least in this country, 

 are not likely to be decreed to persons or 

 causes unworthy of respect. And if some 

 are set up to record the existence of men in 

 whom the public at large feels little interest, 

 we need not object to their presence for this 



