Charles E. Beveridge is series editor of 'The Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted'.Carolyn F. Hoffman is editor of 'The Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted'.

Olmsted the man belongs to his own time, but his work and words continue to have meaning today... The editors are preserving a life and a work instructive for the future as well as of the past. Pennsylvania Magazine of Biography and History

• IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsEditorial PolicyShort Titles Used in CitationsIntroductionChapter 1. The First Response to a Public ParkChapter 2. A Classic Park PlanChapter 3. The Concept of the "Park Way"Chapter 4. The Pyschological Effect of Park SceneryChapter 5. The First park System of Olmsted, Vaux & Co.Chapter 6. Parks and City PlanningChapter 7. Landscape Themes for a Park in ChicagoChapter 8. Protection of the Greensward Plan for Central ParkChapter 9. The Policing of Urban ParksChapter 10. Parks in Europe and AmericaChapter 11. The Special Characteristics of a ParkChapter 12. Planning a Park on a Mountain SiteChapter 13. An Island Park and the Structures Appropriate to ItChapter 14. Planning Urban Waterways as Public Open SpaceChapter 15. A "Country Park" for a New England SettingChapter 16. Preservation of Natural SceneryChapter 17. Designing a Second Park for a City's Recreation SystemChapter 18. A Last Attempt to Define the Purpose of ParksAppendix. List of Textual AlterationsIndex of Plant MaterialsGeneral Index