Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-07-07
Written expressly for The Dayton Eupirsl
A SUMMER In EUROPE.
Xvi
L&vII.
WINDSOR, ISUEp)-EroS--rRR COUNTRY
CHuRcuYARD.

rior Of Windsor Castle, because no words that |
| have at command can faithfully present such
an object TO the minds eve. 1t may he said, |
TO be sure, that it is vast structure, covering
acres of ground that it abounds Ia towere,
bastions, terraces and battements that Il
looks more like fortress than palace and
perhaps one possessed of very extensive
descriptive vocabulary might use great many
more expressions Of the same kind but ex.
cept TO those who have seen such edi6ces
they would be words used in vain A Sic
Walter Scott may well venture to invade the
domain Of the painter and photographer, but
any ponman less accomplished than he, will
find his efforts in that direction attended with
but very insignificant successes
The parks and grounds in connection with
this castle are vast in extent aud very beauti-
ful There is the Little Park, four miles IN
circumference, in which still stands the oak Of
"Herne the Hunter, under which, according TO
Shakespeare, the "Merry Wives Of Windsor
assembled to witness the discontinue Of the
"fat stag Of Windsor, the redoub:able Sir
John. Then there Ia the Great ParB four
teen miles in circumference, through part
Of which there is broad avenue, running
three miles, as straight as the arrow Aie1, from
the castle gate to n mound on which stands
an equestrian statue Of King George III, the
individual of whom our foreiathers said so
many loving and respectful things in the
Declaration Of Independence. Beyond this
Park, lies Windsor Forest originally an en-.
closure Of hundred miles in circumference.
used as hunting ground by William the
| Conqueror II contains still an abundance
Of red deer, but they have iorgotton their fear
of man and afford no more sport" for the
hunter than sheep. 1t is largely composed
Of the noble oak lrees--ths most prominent
characteristics Of English scenery - which
have furnished those floating walls" by means
Of which the nation has been more than once
delivered from the power ol its foes 1t has
been greatly reduced from its original dimen-
sions, but it is still sixteen or seventeen miles
in diameter We must remember that com
pared with our vast continent, all Eng land is
not much larger than a good sized pocket
handkerchief in order fully TO appreciate the
magnitude of the grounds thus reserved from
cultivation simply for the recreation of the
ISovereign
Turning from the Parks we pass down
through the little village that clusters around
the Castle, and crossing the river, find the
buildings Of Eton school at the distance e
about mile upon the other side. Ii was just
midday as we entered, and the boys were
pouring out from the recitation rooms in
4 Joyous, pell.mell throng, Just as boys do tht
3 wi lie world over They we're Of all alyes, frou
. ten up to eighteen, and while their dress wiz
:. otherwise plain, substantial aud appropriate
every little rascal Of them had upon his hes
b one Of these detestable, tall, stiA, black hals
Their youthful faces aud short "roundabouts,
contrasted rdculousy with the hat, which i
y America, we consider as appropriate only 70
u men like the toga piriljs Of the Romans, an
" which, with great pood sense, the majority {
our people, refuse at all times to assume W
n waited until the stream of youngsters hn
> emerged from the old fashioned portal, an
d then passed in,
!. The buildings here, as at Oxford, are AZ
g. . eut aud ugly and there is no apparer
n desire to put them through process of re
At juvenation They are built in the shape {
y quadrangles, enclosing two open spaces eac
Of half an acre, but they have no architectur'
:. beauty, and even among the common bulk
nps Of the little town about them, they sseI
W Ensightly and mean We were shown fir
'e into the dining room, where the Foundatio
!. scholars so called because they are educate
out of the perpetual fund established by tn
m founder, King Henry Win number abol
seventy, poor boys, but.composinR the real a
-" istocracy of the school, dine daily with II
an head masters Then into the Library riC
ot in old books and manuscripts. One curior
ir' volume is the Bible in nine languAges-auot
er Queen Eliaabeths Bible, with "breechel
os, instead Of aprons in Genesis, 3 T. The
an into the school rooms, old dark and mnst
been use three or four centuries, the pane
tops and sides Of which are covered with Il
~ names OF the lads, who have occupied the
in ages gone by Thickly covering the wal
on oo are the busts and portraits OF the Eton bo
oy, who have been famous in England history Al
Iny aud the worlds such as Walpoe, Fox, Ca
eat ming, Haam Person, the great Greek sci
lei lar, Pitt, wellington and the poet Gray U
less these busts are false representation
phenology is deluson Welhng,on's he
tile here, is not unlike but even less intelleelu
our than Wm II SewHds. Pitt looks like
ave pretty, minoiuR young dandy, with a small