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THE HUDSON AND THE RHINE.

I.

The Badsan and the Rhine.

JULY.

NEWBURGH ON THE HUDSON.

HERE could a man meet

the summer more

pleasantly than in the

[graphic]

fragrant silence of a

garden whence have

emanated the most

practical and poetic suggestions toward the greater dignity, comfort and elegance

of country life? If the aspect of our landscape yearly improves, in the beauty of the houses, and in tasteful and picturesque rural treatment, our enjoyment

of it will be an obligation to Mr. Downing.

Not four days away from the city, I have not yet done roaming, bewildered with the summer's breath, through the garden, smelling of all the flowers, and

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