Art Out-of-Doors 
and none should be placed here which are 
not particularly strong and pleasing in sil- 
houette. The Bolivar in Central Park, on 
its little elevated plateau, proves that a bad 
statue will seem doubly bad when all its out- 
lines are thus conspicuously brought out; 
but, also, that this would be the best site in 
all the park for a really fine equestrian fig- 
ure. Not far away from the Webster statue 
there is a figure of a Falconer which, if not a 
remarkable, is a pleasing work of art ; and 
its effectiveness is certainly increased by its 
elevation on a rocky slope, although one 
wishes that this slope had been a little less 
rural in character, a little better adapted 
to the reception of so artificial an orna- 
ment. 
A good place for a group or figure which 
demands a certain elevation, is the top of a 
terrace or the balustrade of a bridge. The 
great stone bridges of many European towns 
bear wonderfully effective works of sculpt- 
ure, but America has not yet begun to imi- 
tate them. On the low parapet of a little 
park-bridge, busts and other works of mod- 
est size might be very beautifully used ; and 
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