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no more detail all the great and good names
that meet the eye as VIC gaze along the walls
OF the north and south aisles. and Of tLc
north transcrt. Only one or two Of the most
conspicuous can now be noticed No one can
look even for moment, though .S~
many others, upon the statue Of Tllcriorce
and 90 away and forget it, There iq some
thing striking about almost to
carricaturc. 1t seems precisely ~ if on some
occasion the old man had thrown himself into
chair in his quiet study. and in state Of
deep meditation had forgotten himself in
marble. The thin lips, the small. dccp-sct
eyes liked on vacancy, and the musing atti-
tude OF the whole figure speak wcll-nigh
painfully Of life just gone The American
Will be sure to stop before the monument Of
Major Andre, and read over again to be- GER
tain he is not deceived. tho inscription which
represents him as having died umontod
even by his foes - nor will it escape his no.
tcc that the heads Of Washington and other
American officers have been knocked Off and
replaced One Of the finest works Of art in
the Abbey is the monument to Lord Cha
than. 1t represents the great statesman in
the act Of Speaking, lis arm and hand cS-
tended as if for the protection Of Britannia,
the City, and Commerce, who are seated at
his feet. or the latter figure. Cowpcr snid
she is indeed perfect beauty. LISA lit
cral truth that felt the tears flush into my
eyes when looked at her." The statue Of
Chatham himself is noble one, .ustitying
Macaulay's picture Of him, as with eagle
face and outstrctched arm, bidding England
be Of good cheer, aud hur defiance at her
foes" The American also may claim share
in the interest which draws 50 many to
Chatham tomb. johnson once tauntingly
proposed him as King William" for the
rchcllious Americans no one standing by hi.
noble cfigy and recalling the history of lis
/ life, would feel offended at the suggestion.
Visitors are not allowed to walk through
the chapels except with guide, who by lis
hurried sing-song descriptions, giving YOU
strings of titles, dates, and gratuitous criti-
csms huddled together without pause, adds
to the confusion produced ly the necessity Of
seeing SO many things at once Here is
specimen " Mrs. Nightingale EouLliac tie
wonder Of the Abbey Sarah Dutchcss of
Somerset, weeping Charity-boys Sir Francis
Morris Queen Elizabeth time six knccling
knights much admired" took the liberty
of lingering behind the party, and making
my own observations, after | found out the
style in which the guide was doing the
charels, as he moved along. Most of the
chapol- are small, dark recesscs. under the
> stone floors of which lie many of the kings.
statesmen and warriors Of England, reaching
back to the Conressor While most Of the
statues in the Church are suggestive Of some
stormy scene in life, with very few czcep-
tons those in this Abbey, are cmblematical
OF Death some displaying its terrors, as
that famous monument to Mrs nightingale
in which Death appears bursting from a
vault and launching his dart at his victim,
who sinks in fear into the arms of her hu.-
band while he is vainly endcavoring to avert
the stroke others surmountcd with figures
lying as in rerosc, their hands clasped upon
their breasts, as If they had peacefully
qrcathed out their life, and were like Spencer
"quictly expecting the second coming of our
Lord and Saviour Christ jesus" White
/ marble hero is rare alabaster stained black
: and bronze are the more fitting materials 70,
: the solemn representations which our ances-
a tors fashioned to Commemorate their dead -
- Yet the chapel Of Henry VII is wonder for
its architectural splendor Its beautiful stone
4 roof its rich windows, and that tomb Of it.
founder which Bacon said was the state
% liest and dointiest in Europe" arc thing: