House fc? Garden 
A GROUP IN LEAD, BY COYSEVOX 
BASIN OF NEPTUNE, VERSAILLES 
The tendency of 
the beautiful to 
decrease crime is 
not disputed by 
those who know 
mankind. Of 
course, a million 
statues in marble 
and bronze would 
not prevent all 
crime in any city. 
But, everything 
else beingequal as 
to plentifulness of 
food, clothes and 
labor, that com¬ 
munity will be the 
most refined and 
have the least 
crime which is the 
most beautiful ; 
and statuary is, I 
say it once more, 
the most impor¬ 
tant element in 
any prospect of 
beauty, whether 
in city or country. 
If you doubt this 
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still, take a walk 
in the park of St. 
Cloud, near Paris, 
destroyed during 
the siege of that 
city. The trees, 
flower-beds and 
walks, every¬ 
thing is nearly as 
it was when the 
palace was in its 
glory, except that 
all the statuary 
has been removed. 
I hen walk down 
to V ersai 11 es, 
where the statuary 
is all in place , and 
you will soon be 
convinced that, 
in any combina¬ 
tion of beauty, 
statuary is, really, 
the backbone and 
most important 
element of all. 
The third im¬ 
portant function 
of open-air statu¬ 
ary is to console, 
and there never 
will be a time 
when the majority 
of men will not 
FAUN AND BACCHANTE BY CH AR PENTIER need Consolation. 
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