Charles Eliot, landscape architect : a lover of nature and of his kind, who trained himself for a new profession, practised it happily and through it wrought much good . ore, or he was applying knowledge andskill long since acquired. Charless report to the Metropolitan Park Commission of1892 is dated January 2, 1893; but the report of the Com-mission was not presented until February 1st. The text ofhis report occupied only twenty-five pages. It was subse-quently reprinted in a separate edition with all the diagrams,maps, and photographic illustrations to which the text re-ferred. It is reprodu
Charles Eliot, landscape architect : a lover of nature and of his kind, who trained himself for a new profession, practised it happily and through it wrought much good . ore, or he was applying knowledge andskill long since acquired. Charless report to the Metropolitan Park Commission of1892 is dated January 2, 1893; but the report of the Com-mission was not presented until February 1st. The text ofhis report occupied only twenty-five pages. It was subse-quently reprinted in a separate edition with all the diagrams,maps, and photographic illustrations to which the text re-ferred. It is reproduced here in full except that the photo-graphic illustrations are omitted : — To THE Metropolitan Park Commission. Gentlemen^ — You have asked me to report to you uponthe opportunities presented by the neighborhood of Bostonfor the creation of such public open spaces as may best pro-mote the health and happiness of the inhabitants of themetropolitan district. I have given my best attention to theproblem, and now beg leave to submit the following paper,asking you to excuse its manifest shortcomings, in view of thegreat breadth of the field it essays to cover. 1. 1 1 o| i:?tro ^. ci - 1 s o Q ^1 i 1 s CO o 1 m 1 1 5> J . 1 A .
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