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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