. Hours in my garden, and other nature-sketches. With 138 illus. Natural history. A Mirror of Life. 71 stood on this bank and watched and listened, rapt with the magic beauty of the scene, the moonlight silvering the tips of the trees, and the pond reflecting a softer and more poetic image of all the leafy world around it. Ah! the moonlight is a wonderful painter! and with some effects outrivals the sun, as Rembrandt, with his deep shadows, got more powerful expression very often than Rubens with all his high lighta. And the varying tints and tones on the water by day, so ceaselessly changing,
. Hours in my garden, and other nature-sketches. With 138 illus. Natural history. A Mirror of Life. 71 stood on this bank and watched and listened, rapt with the magic beauty of the scene, the moonlight silvering the tips of the trees, and the pond reflecting a softer and more poetic image of all the leafy world around it. Ah! the moonlight is a wonderful painter! and with some effects outrivals the sun, as Rembrandt, with his deep shadows, got more powerful expression very often than Rubens with all his high lighta. And the varying tints and tones on the water by day, so ceaselessly changing, are like images of changeful human life. Not the slightest cloud passes but, in the sunshine, mirrors itself here, sometimes soft, fleecy, smitten with golden fire, or gray and quiet and one-coloured, gliding slowly on; then, again, on a dark day, the water is dull, sombre, greenish, and obscure; and when again a breeze ripples it, all seems to move in secret rhythmic harmony, water, foliage, and wind making a music so subtle that it is impossible to discriminate and to attribute to each element the effects due properly to it. We have some pretty visitors in the shape of but- terflies, who find dainty bits on the growths round the pond, the red ad- miral, the swallow- -tail, sometimes a peacock or clouded yellow, and the giant cabbage butterfly among the rest. One or two moths sometimes come this way, and- will frequently bump against your head in the even- ings if you are quiet enough, and then suddenly recover. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Japp, Alexander H. (Alexander Hay), 1839-1905. New York, Macmillan & Co.
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