Glencot 
and 1 do not believe that any American, 
objecting to the selfishness of those who 
wall off their lands, would be inclined to 
complain longer it 
he had once en¬ 
joyed the quiet, the 
comfort and the 
pleasure ot these 
really private 
places. The mo¬ 
tive w h i c h pro¬ 
duces them is not 
a selfish one; it 
makes in the end 
for the public 
good. 
The drive is bor¬ 
dered with dense 
shrubbery and 
flowers, and the 
forecourt also has 
shrubs on a slop¬ 
ing bank next to 
the lane; but the 
other planting is 
rightly somewhat 
more formal. A 
gate in the western 
wall of the fore¬ 
court leads out to 
a sloping lawn and 
to steps descending to the terrace. 1 he stable 
drive branches from the main drive just 
outside the forecourt, and is hedged on one 
side with clipped 
yew. A delightful 
shaded path leads 
from this road to a 
spot where a part 
of the stream is 
dammed, making a 
quiet pool, below 
which is heard the 
rush and tumble of 
the water a s i t 
escapes to a reach 
below. On a hot 
August day one felt 
inclined to sit here 
and go no farther ; 
for one does not 
feel in England the 
eagerness and im- 
petuosity for work 
which seem to be 
the result of o u r 
climate here. The 
most energetic per¬ 
son, if given two 
months in a quiet, 
sleepy English 
town, will find his 
STEPS TO THE SPRING 
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