s
(wonderful objects any where, except here, where there are so
many more wonderful) sparkle through the foliage; while all is
backed by magnificent hanging woods, and the high lands of
Derbyshire, extending from the hills of Matlock to Stony
Middleton. And the foreground of the picture is, in its way,
equally beautiful; the expansive view, the meadows now broken
into green hills and mimic valleys, the groups of fallow deer,
and herds of cattle, reposing beneath the shade of
wide-spreading chestnuts, or the stately beech--all is harmony
to perfection; nothing is wanting to complete the fascination
of the whole. The enlarged and cultivated minds which conceived
these vast yet minute arrangements, did not consider minor
details as unimportant; every tree, and brake, and bush; every
ornament, every path, is exactly in its right place, and seems
to have ever been there. Nothing, however great, or however
small, has escaped consideration; there are no bewildering
effects, such as are frequently seen in large domains, and
which render it difficult to recall what at the time may have
been much admired; all is arranged with the dignity of order;
all, however graceful, is substantial; the ornaments sometimes
elaborate, never descend into prettiness; the character of the
scenery has been borne in mind, and its beauty never outraged
by extravagance. All is in harmony with the character which
nature in her most generous mood gave to the hills and valleys;
God has been gracious to the land, and man has followed in the
pathway He has made.

[Illustration: THE TEMPLE CASCADE.]

[Illustration: THE WELLINGTON ROCK AND CASCADE.]

"A month at Chatsworth would hardly suffice to count its
beauties; but much may be done in a day, when eyes and ears are
open, and the heart beats in sympathy with the beauties of
Nature and of Art. It is, perhaps, best to visit the gardens of
Chatsworth first; they are little more than half a mile to the
north of the park; and there Sir Joseph Paxton is building his
new dwelling, or rather adding considerably to the beauty and
convenience of the old. In the Kitchen-Gardens, containing
twelve acres, there are houses for every species of plant, but
the grand attraction is the house which contains the Royal Lily
(Victoria Regia