New-York tribune., 1905-08-16
LITERARY NOTES.

Professor L II. Baiey's four lectures delivered
In the Colonial Theatre. Boston. as part Of the
University Course. under the auspices of the
Educational Committee Of the Nineteenth Cen
tuTy Club last January. have just been published
IN book form by the Macmillan Company. under
the title OF The Outlook TO Nature" There is
generous wholesomeness I'm the authors outlook
that is restful and appealing TO the excitement
fed men and women of the city perhaps more SO
than TO the more quiet living, il not more quiet
loving country folk 1t is a question if the
country dweIlers OF to-day do not need quite
much TO be reconciled 20 the simple life as
the city dweIlers do TO be led back TO it. Pro-
fessor Baileys point OF view is that of TIE coun-
tryman, he tells US. and mo doubt has the couh-
tryman's bias" IL is that of the conteh'ed
countryman however. Not necessarily contented
with the country il is, but as he would
improve il here and there. and at any rate pre-
ferring il in the TO the city in any stage Of
development.
In his first paper The Commonplace he
sets himself. far possible, TO open the eyes
and the heart 20 nature and the common day
environments" since what is now so much
needed in the public temper is such change OF
attitude as VIII make and appreciate the
commonplace and spontaneous. and to have the
desire 10 maintain and express youthful and
native enthusiamE'' He finds fault with much
OF the current nature writing" because lit
exploits the unusual and exceptional" and de-
clares that the best nature writing. as he con-
ceives g. lis that which portrays the common
place so truthfully and clearly that the reader
forthwith goes out 10 see for himself" It is at
least the kind OF nature writing i'm which he in
duges himself He has. IT viii be found. on
turning to the article on Country and City" ad-
mira bly, succeeded both i'm maintaining and ex-
pressing his own youthful and native enthus-
asms Take his view Of The art Of the future.
70 example. which is enthusiastic TO sug-
gest the influence Of this very age of super
superlatives" that he cries out against:
some Day We shall construct great pictures out
~ doors We shall assemble the houses. control
direct the roads and fences display the slopes OF
Inc hills lay out tho farms, remove every feature
that 0ffends 4 sensitive eye: ana people VIII leave
Tho galleries with their limitations and limitations.
10 go 10 the country 10 some Of the greatest
works Of that can make These works
viii have sweep and breadth and distance Every
ran and wind and snow viii heghten their ef-
fciency and thoir meaning. Many of the works
that fond OF indoors viii appear trivial.
Art societies VIII be formed whose attention will
be given chiefly art out or doors to art that is
always new and real and large and inspiring A
now art profession is just rising, having for
its sphere the real field under the open sky. As yet
81 has name. once ~ called landscape gar
deninS, when its efforts confined TO the con-
strctcd of gardens and parks. Now IL Is
called landscape architecture. in its present
stage il has mucn TO do with buildings and en-
Sineering problems Soon II viii rise beyond these
arbitrary bounds and take the face OF nature for
itS The regulation Of the scenery of noun
Tains is not too large for its grasp. II VIII be one
az the great art efforts Of the future.