Out-Door Monuments 



here, or along the balustrade of a terrace, 

 we might fittingly commemorate many men 

 hardly great enough to justify the erec- 

 tion of more ambitious independent monu- 

 ments. 



Again, it should be asked, Is the monu- 

 ment to be seen from every side or from one 

 or two sides only ? A figure or group not 

 specially designed for a given spot is, of 

 course, most successful when, as we walk 

 around it, each step reveals new beauties of 

 line and mass ; and great injustice is done 

 to the artist and the public if such a work 

 is set where only one aspect can be en- 

 joyed. But, on the other hand, it is un- 

 fair to artist and public if a work which 

 has been designed to be seen from one side 

 only is stationed so that the back is as con- 

 spicuous as the front. We can imagine 

 works which would be very unjustly treated 

 if placed along the Mall in Central Park, 

 for here their backs could be seen only by 

 means of a forbidden walk on the grass ; 

 but there are many others to which, for the 

 same reason, a place like the Mall offers the 

 kindest hospitality. In general, seated stat- 



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