Out-Door Monuments 



does not decide matters for all literary men. 

 Think, for instance, of Carlyle. His more 

 strongly marked personality, more energetic 

 cast of mind, needed to be shown — as they 

 are in the seated statue near his old home at 

 Chelsea — through a rendering of his tall, 

 gaunt form and voluminous cloak. An in- 

 telligent artist will not find it hard to de- 

 cide this question of appropriateness in the 

 scheme of monuments ; but, unfortunately, 

 the artist is often the person who has the 

 least to say about it. 



Even in the interests of mere variety we 

 might well wish for a wider difference in the 

 conception of our monuments. But to bring 

 it about in satisfactory ways we must depend 

 less exclusively than hitherto upon the art 

 of sculpture. When a sculptor designs a 

 group or figure an architect should give it a 

 fitting pedestal. Those who have seen the 

 Chicago Lincoln know how vastly the effect 

 of the figure is increased by the bold yet 

 quiet and dignified character of the sub- 

 structure, excellently adapted not only to 

 the figure itself but to the chosen site ; and 



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