Garden Fountains 
It may be objected 
that in all towns the dif¬ 
ferent forms of architec¬ 
ture succeed each other 
and mingle harmoni¬ 
ously, and that prob¬ 
ably, if there were any 
true twentieth century 
form of architecture, it 
would take its place with 
the masterpieces of past 
times, but it must be 
conceded that the want 
of any unity, and homo¬ 
geneity of effect, in these 
days, is bewildering. 
Perhaps the most im¬ 
portant public work of 
recent times in connec¬ 
tion with fountains was 
that carried out by Na¬ 
poleon III. in Paris, 
Visconti being the architect. The result is 
not very encouraging. The fountains often 
rather resemble mausoleums and the statues 
are bv another hand. Still, Ithe fountain in 
the Invalides has its 
charm, and the initiative 
cannot be too much 
praised. 
In Rome, where the 
sound of splashing water 
greets you at almost 
every street corner and 
in every piazza, the 
fountains are mostly 
composed of marble 
taken from the temples 
and palaces of the Caesars. 
The most attractive are 
in the form of basins, 
most of them having 
two of these with the 
water dripping over the 
edge to the lower level; 
but there are some built 
in the side of a wall and 
profusely decorated. It 
is in Rome especially that the charm of the 
water-melody makes itself felt; sometimes 
overpowered by street cries and traffic, some¬ 
times rising in the silence of the night, always 
A FOUNTAIN DESIGNED BY 
COUNTESS FEODORA GLEICHEN 
Now in the Paris garden of the Comtessc Bearn 
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THE FOUNTAIN AT W r EI.BECK ABBEY 
Executed for the Duke of Portland by Professor Legros 
