Out- Door Monuments 
special situations — as for niches in founda- 
tion-walls, for the crowning of balustrades 
and bridge - parapets, the adornment of 
drinking-fountains, the completion of ronds - 
points , and the flanking of formal avenues — 
most of the work already done seems very 
monotonous and unimaginative. The chief 
trouble has been that we think too little 
of the question of site. When we order a 
statue we are too indifferent as to where it 
may go ; when we buy one already made 
we are too careless in its placing. If we 
have thought at all it has been simply with 
regard to the intrinsic excellence of the fig- 
ures. Now we should begin to consider 
our monuments in a broader way, as oppor- 
tunities for the architect as well as for the 
sculptor, and as features in general views the 
harmonious beauty of which should be jeal- 
ously preserved. 
227 
