Perhaps  the  absence  of  strikingly  ro-
mantic scenery  in  England  had  some-
thing to  do  with  it  But  it  is  sig-
nificant that  Wordsworth  himself  was
taught  to  appreciate  the  beauties  of  na-
ture by  the  poetical  works  of  Henry
Vaughan  and  John  Dyer,  two  Welsh
poets,  for  whom,  especially  the  latter,  the
English  poet  expressed  great  admira-
tion.
What  we  have  thus  designated  the  love
of  nature  Matthew  Arnold  in  his  work
' '  On  the  Study  of  Celtic  literature ' '  calls
the  magic  of  nature,  and  he  cites  several
examples  of  its  absence  as  well  as  its
presence  in  English  and  other  literature
not  essentially  Celtic.  What  he  found
so  rare  in  the  works  of  the  earlier  poets,
however,  we  find  in  abundance  in  those
of  the  later  poets  in  America  as  well  as
in  England.  Longfellow  had  caught  the
true  Celtic  note  when  he  sang  of  Au-
tumn thus:

"  Mom  on  the  mountain,  like  a  summer  bird,
Lifts  up  her  purple  wing;  and  in  the  Tales
The   gentle   wind,   a    sweet   and   passionate

Kisses  the  blushing  leaf,  and  stirs  np  life
Within  the  solemn  woods  of  ash  deep-crim-
soned.
And  silver  beach,  and  maple  yellow-leafed."

Nor  did  Whittier,  Bryant,  and  Lowell
strike  an  unfamiliar  key  when  they  sang
of  Nature.  And  poets  yet  unborn  as
well  as  those  who  now  flourish  will  not
cease  to  feel  the  Celt's  magic  spell.
Morgan  P.  Jonbs.
WOMAN  IN  ARCHITECTURE


WOMAN  IN  ARCHITECTURE


IHE  influence  of  woman  upon
the  art  of  building  has  been
greater,  and  has  extended
farther  back  in  history,  than
perhaps  most  of  us  are  aware.
