George Bernard Shaw
Candida
eBook
(Prabhat Prakashan June 6, 2019)
This desert of unattractiveness has its oasis. Near the outer end of the Hackney Road is a park of 217 acres; fenced in; not by railings; but by a wooden paling; and containing plenty of greensward; trees; a lake for bathers; flower beds with the flowers arranged carefully in patterns by the admired cockney art of carpet gardening and a sandpit; imported from the seaside for the delight of the children; but speedily deserted on its becoming a natural vermin preserve for all the petty fauna of Kingsland; Hackney and Hoxton. A bandstand; an unfinished forum for religious; anti-religious and political orators; cricket pitches; a gymnasium; and an old fashioned stone kiosk are among its attractions. Wherever the prospect is bounded by trees or rising green grounds; it is a pleasant place. Where the ground stretches far to the grey palings; with bricks and mortar; sky signs; crowded chimneys and smoke beyond; the prospect makes it desolate and sordid.
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