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artistic hut reminiscent of Marie 
Antoinette’s “Hameau” in Petit 
Trianon. It is approached by a 
swinging bridge and contains, be¬ 
sides lodgings for the gardener, 
a few guest chambers and a bil¬ 
liard room. Farther distant is 
the inevitable Chinese pavilion 
and on the slope of a steep hill, 
“the Norwegian house,” in ap¬ 
pearance a sturdy log-cabin, but 
in reality a flimsy thing of pine 
boards. In the so-called Valley 
of the Graces, in the spot best 
loved by Lisa, “endroit cherts de 
Lise ” is a stone column bearing 
a marble relief of two graces with 
the inscription, “Elies attendent 
icy Leur Soeur ! 3 The waterfall 
referred to above formed a great 
cascade through the valley. Here 
was a bath house and a Norwe¬ 
gian bridge, while still farther 
away lay the piece de resistance of romantic gardens, the chapel— a tiny 
edifice with Gothic windows and a loggia flanked by wooden columns. 
On a small island, “de la bonne harmonic nestling between six slender 
poplars, is a pedestal on which a marble Pan plays his flute and which 
bears the inscription “ L 3 harmonie nous unit ! 3 Not far away on a little 
mound there is a relief dedicated to “VAmitie pure ! 3 Throughout the 
park memorial tablets and arms bear the names of friends and relatives 
of the family and mythical effusions. 
Landslides, particularly the one in 1905, caused by underground 
springs which continually eat into the clay slope, have unfortunately 
buried under huge masses of earth and trees many of the most charac¬ 
teristic parts of the park—an artificial ruin, a battery, the chapel, and 
the bath house. 
The lovely grounds of Liselund reveal now only vestiges of former 
beauty, but enough remains to enable us to understand a curious phase 
in the history of human culture, a period, vain and introspective, but 
worthy of being cherished for its bright idealism, its imagination, and 
its joy in creating beauty. 
Monument in the Vale of Graces 
