Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1860-11-22
LETTER From EUROPE
LONDON, Aug. 9, 1860.


LONDON, Aug. 2, 1860.
Having completed my travels II
! Ireland, Scotland and Great Britain
| am for the third and probably th'
last time, making short ssJourn II
this city, before leaving for tho cen
tinent. While here, my time, a:
usual, will be industriously employed
in reviewing places and OBJECTS o
special Interest to me, and brlefl,
sketching such incidents and lscts a;
may come under my observation
AS TO my travels here, | first visited
OXFORD. This city is world renown'
ed as The mos. celebrated seat OF
learning in Grea. Britain; dating from
a very early period. What is asu-
ally allied the University buildings.
consist Of nineteen colleges and
| fine spacious halls Of learning, having
ever six Thousand students and a
revenue of two and half million OF
dollars. Here most OF England $
great men, receive their education,
and here the young PRINCE OF WALES,
now in America, is MT mber, Ok
ford is one Of the pret'iest places
Iin Eaglsnd. The architecture OF
all the public buildings. seme dating
back six or seven hundred years, ale
Of the richest aud most elaborate
gothic style. A branch OF the
THAMES rups through the town, trav-
ersing an extensive and richly orna-
mented lava and meadows, and the
finest mountain scenery rises on ali
sides, giving from any elevated point,
a beautiful birds-eye view ei the
country Tor miles around, In the
pavement Of one Of the principal
streets. is a marble slab bearing an
inscription, and cross marking the
spot where RIDLEY, LATlMER ana
CRAMNFR we're burnt at the sake.
Not Gar from Oxford is STRATFeRD-
oN-AvoN; noted as the birthplace
home and last repase Of SHAKsPEARE.
the immortal ..Bard OF Avon. =
Here all lovers of the drama aud
the poet are seen to make an early
nilorimaee, and areund this spot
cluster -interesiing and hallowea asse-
Citations intimately connected with
the life aud writings Of The great
dramatic author The nothing oil
onr ARRIVAL will be remembered as
among the most beautiful, soft and
sunny days SO rarely seen 10 smoky,
sombre Euglapd. Everything IN
and about the place fbreathes Of
Shakespeare, and although off the
line of travel, people from every
cline. come to do honor to his mem
or,. and from the books Of register
+ see more from the UNITED STATES
ithap from any other county. not ex-
ceptins his own. We visited the
bo,,se in which lie was born in lo64
and OLD fashioned timber building
looking very much like what We II
America, call a log cabin 1t re-
mains much as it was during bis life
exhibiting all the peculiarities Of I
! primitive residence OF the kumb!e'
,l.sses j, is now owned bya soci
Iety, and is generously thrown opsI
1to the inspection Of ailsisitors, wh'
have Inserted their names upon tn
inner walls in such profnsion that ]
liz now quite impossible TO. ilnd
sno, ror an additional au tograpb; s.
i had to content ourselves by in
scr;binr ours in book kept icr .illa 2
nnTpose. e THIS house was Ut dliler
sns times used as a butchers sho1
- -
, and a tavern; anc, at one time wa
near being purchased BY speea.a
live Yankee, to be iransierrsds Jus
as i stands, to America Tor the pun
: mise Of exhibition. STRATf .la' R
: CuuRcH. whore repose the sshes
the aMonarch Of the mind, Is
lovely spot, situated on the bans
or tbs Avon, ID the midst OF 2 psau1 : =,
: ful scenery, 10 Che subures ol . !,
town. The church is approaeaeo 2
; long avenue Of trees arehed os' =,
. I head. above which towers 10 IN 7
d distance, the lofty, gothic splrs
n Tn the interior, near toe enane'
It repose the post's rsrnains over :, l,Na wn,'
- isp' i ! plain slab With the veil knov
}. inscription = written BY himself 3, '
y noaaoiDg ! curse on any one, one ,.r' y
: 81 should presume 20 remove p p'n'
: The .eounsr, sbOas Ssratio,a, g,
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