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Introduction
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they be found in the sun and shadow? or in the breath of the west wind? or songs of birds? or in the running water?—Perhaps.
Wheresoever the sun shone, shade was to be created; where wind blew, shelter. And there were to be no wet feet in Bacon's garden. A princess must be able to step in dainty satin slippers where fancy led her. He spared no cost, Yet as we read we feel for certain that he left no orders that his heart should be buried in his garden, for he possesseth not (I say it in all gentleness), however splendidly he writes, a garden soul.
The Essay is "a master-piece"; it opens with a note of praise, it ends in peace. It is written in stately
