Village Improvements and Farm Villages
Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Earth Sciences, Geography, Technology, Social Aspects, Agriculture & Animal Husbandry
| Author: | Midwest Journal Press, George E. Waring, Dr. Robert C. Worstell | ISBN: | 9781312837799 |
| Publisher: | Midwest Journal Press | Publication: | February 28, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Midwest Journal Press, George E. Waring, Dr. Robert C. Worstell |
| ISBN: | 9781312837799 |
| Publisher: | Midwest Journal Press |
| Publication: | February 28, 2015 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
North, south, east, and west, there are plenty of hideous conglomerations of poor-looking houses, with an absence of every element of beauty; but there are thousands of other villages scattered all over the land, which are full of the evidences of good taste in their regulation and in their management.
As a rule, these more attractive features are very much modified by the presence of badly-kept private places or neglected public buildings, and by a general air of untidiness. Still, the foundation of attractiveness is there; and nothing is needed beyond a well-organized and well-guided control of public sentiment, to remove or to hide the more objectionable features, and to permit such beauty as the village may possess to manifest itself.
The real elements of beauty in a village are not fine houses, costly fences, paved roadways, geometrical lines, mathematical grading, nor any obviously costly improvements. They are, rather, cosiness, neatness, simplicity, and that homely air that grows from these and from the presence of a home-loving people.
No one can drive through this beautiful old place without realizing the effect of some influence different from that which has usually been at work in country towns. One feels that it is a village of homes; that the people who live in it love it, and that it has no public or private interest so insignificant as to be neglected.
This classic enables any community to improve the small town or village it already has, and make it into a colection of homes that receives an amazed respect from all who visit it.
You should have this book in your reference library, if only to help your own area improve - or loan it to your interested friends and associates who want to know how you made such amazing changes.
Get Your Copy Today!
North, south, east, and west, there are plenty of hideous conglomerations of poor-looking houses, with an absence of every element of beauty; but there are thousands of other villages scattered all over the land, which are full of the evidences of good taste in their regulation and in their management.
As a rule, these more attractive features are very much modified by the presence of badly-kept private places or neglected public buildings, and by a general air of untidiness. Still, the foundation of attractiveness is there; and nothing is needed beyond a well-organized and well-guided control of public sentiment, to remove or to hide the more objectionable features, and to permit such beauty as the village may possess to manifest itself.
The real elements of beauty in a village are not fine houses, costly fences, paved roadways, geometrical lines, mathematical grading, nor any obviously costly improvements. They are, rather, cosiness, neatness, simplicity, and that homely air that grows from these and from the presence of a home-loving people.
No one can drive through this beautiful old place without realizing the effect of some influence different from that which has usually been at work in country towns. One feels that it is a village of homes; that the people who live in it love it, and that it has no public or private interest so insignificant as to be neglected.
This classic enables any community to improve the small town or village it already has, and make it into a colection of homes that receives an amazed respect from all who visit it.
You should have this book in your reference library, if only to help your own area improve - or loan it to your interested friends and associates who want to know how you made such amazing changes.
Get Your Copy Today!
