...farmer and the mechanic (we quote Channing) should cultivate the perception of beauty.' — ' Everyman should aim to impart this perfection to his labours.'...distortions and anomalies of meretricious decoration. " We hail, therefore, with delight the appearance among us of any evidence of progress towards the...

...hamlets. ' The farmer and the mechanic (we quote Channing) should cultivate the perception of beauty.'—' Every man should aim to impart this perfection to...grace to pervade the regions of domestic and every-day life—to replace, in our streets, the expensive ugliness of our street decoration—in our homes,...

...the words of Channing, " The farmer and the mechanic should cultivate the perception of beauty," and every man should aim to impart this perfection to his labours. Were every man a judge and apprcciator of beauty, then indeed might we expect forms of grace and loveliness of colour to pervade...

...apprcciator of beauty, then indeed might we expect forms of grace and loveliness of colour to pervade domestic and everyday life— to replace, in our streets, the expensive ugliness of which we have so much, and in our homes to abolish the ornamental vulgarities of bad taste. The Naturally...

...the words of Channing, " The farmer and the mechanic should cultivate the perception of beauty,' and every man should aim to impart this perfection to...appreciator of beauty, then indeed might we expect forms of grace and loveliness of colour to pervade domestic and everyday life— to replace, in our streets,...