The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1858-09-08


dience of the working classes in Exeter
Hail." Yesterday, we went the second
time to look leisurely at the Parliament
Houses and TO see again Westminster Abb
hey. The House of Lords is very Gle
giant, though one of our friends insists it
does not compare with our public build
ings at Washington, and laments we have
not seen Washington to know. Near
Westminster Abbey we took little steam
boat for Greenwich, and visited there the
Sailors Hospital, and very nice one it
is. We saw Nelson's coat worn at the
battle of Trafalgar, his waistcoat stained
with blood, and the relics also which were
found Of the company of sir John Frank
lin. We attended, on one day, concert
at the crystal palace at Sydenham.
Madam Bosio seemed the favorite her
voice is pleasing and her manner very ell
egant. l think her personal appearance
gave her favor. Sydenham is lovely.
Paris can not equal it. The fountains and
flowers excel, and the evcrgreens from
Norfolk Isle are the richest | have ever
seem"
From the place Of the crowd to that Of
the secluded is a natural transition, the
latter, also. sought by multitude, to OBJ
serve and share the solace of the few.
LowWoop Housr,
Windermere, August s tn.
We left London Oh the 9th, aud came
here to see the beautiful English lake.
$50 miles Northwest, in Westmorelanl--
30 celebrated for their beauty, and for he
ing the residence of 50 many of the En-
glish Poets. The house and grave Of
Wordsworth are only a few rods from
here. and the Doves Nest" for time
the residence Of Mrs. Hcmans, is the next
house to us on the right. Yesterday we
went nhout eighteen miles to see the house
and grave Of Robert >outhey, stu I'll on
another OF these lovely little lakes, ADD
to-day we passed the houses of Miss ar
tineau and DR.. Arnold. Coleridge, too,
lived opt time with his friend Southey,
on the shores of Derwentwater where we
went yesterday 1t is in the town Of
Keswick | do not wonder that they
wrote such poetry for they had everything
here to inspire them. Everywhere the eye
turns it falls upon beautiful picture,and
you can ride but few miles anywhere,
without coming upon n beautiful lake
nestled in among the hills Then there is
such softn IS to the English landscapes
You seldom see any bold, striking scenery,
but a perfect softness of OUTLINE and
freshness of color. We went out this
morning, and sat long time under the
trees on the shore Of the lake, and spcou-
lated and wondered as to our friends at
home 90 near Commencement, and then as
to whether we should see cur own favor
ite, Lake Dunmore, as pleasantly this sea-
son."
EDINBURGH, August 18th.
&" Last Monday, the 9th, We came TO
this city, and Tuesday we went to Mel
rose and passed the night, in order to
have Wednesday. Commencement day, for
Abbottsford Tuesday night we rode to
Dryburgh Abbey, where Sir Walter Soft
and his family are buried The Abbey is
a ruin as whole, but some parts of it,
St. Mary's aisle for instance, where the
family Of Sir Walter is buried, is in re.
pair, or rather preserved from further de-
cay, You cannot imagine what lovely
seclusion it is. Old trees grow over
the grounds, shading here and there parts
Of the ruins, as though keeping watch
around the sleeping dead, and stiffness
prevails at twilight in harmony with the
scene, but there was no gloom even in the
gathering darkness, at least not to me, for
l remembered it was his chosen place in
which to take his last long slumber, and
that Sir Walter wrote of it, after laying
his beloved Charlotte in its bosom" 1t
is earth's lap of beauty" and 50 indeed
it is"
1t is curious to observe the effect, in
these passing comments, of the wand Of
literature. This directs the feeling and
attention of the stranger first, from one
historical OBJECT to another then in the
traces Of nature, in her bright or way
ward moods, 10 the homes of Poets or
their graves; or, more impressively, to
the scenes in which the witchery OF the
fancy of the greatest of them, III his own
phrase.
Gave t. each rock the interes! high
That genius beam. from beuutys eve.
Such is the influence obtained froom books;
even in strange country, the attention is
guided by its habit, while the heart no
doubt, remains true to itself.
Locu KATRINE, August 18th.
We are sitting in a little room at
McGregor's IN the Highlands, travelling
among these lovely lakes by ourselves, and
fully intend &c visit Dublin and the Lakes
of Killarney. We arrived at Eoinourgn.
August 9th, have sccn Doune Castle, Al
Ian Water, Dumblane, Sterling Castle and
Bannockburn on Tuesday visited the r.
beys Melrose and Dryburgh, both beau.
tiful ruins on Wednesday, Abbottsford,
and returned to Edinburgh, where the
graver of your friends are quietly rest.
ing. Mr.. and Mrs. S we suppose
are in Glasgow
LocR LoMoND.
We visited Elen's Isle. 1t is the love.
Hest spot have seen, | long for you al
here, more than ever before, to look upor
the very places of which you have read