, 1866-11-13
EUROPE.
Letter from Scotland.

Hero worship Characteristic OF tho
Scotch People NemtnfDeences Of
BuFpa-6eott and dAbbosno,d-Huek.
nall Chureh-The Byron Jonumonts
Tam Os3hautcE7s WAee-AlloWAy
klfk-Tho IS Brig o. Doom ''-6Tonu-
mcnt to Highland mafy-Rurns' Cot
tEe-
Correspondence Of the Chtes1o Tnbune.1
Am. Scotland. October 5, 1855.
have been stopping few days At little
inn within ffty yards Of the "auld Brig
o Doom" about three milea from Ayr, pre-
fcrripg these quarters to any amid the hustle
Of the town, chiefly for the reasou that they
are in the Immediate vicinity Of Burns birth
place and many interesting localities men.
toned In his scngs.
The Scotch appear to ne TO hayea remark
able reverence for the dead-somcthiug be-
yond ths feeling which Is manifested by the
people OF England or of ireland. Their we'll
kept cemeteries aud their monuments to the
obscure as we'll as the Distinguished dead are
particularly noticeable. Their hero-worsh1p
tho hero being Scotsman-ls nearly akin
TO Idolatry. The statues and pillars COM
memorative Of Burns. Bruce, Kuox, Wallnce,
Scott, and other ilinstrious men are not num-
bes1ets, but they arc certainly very nu-
| merous.
have already been permitted to see three
conspicuous monuments to Burns-one In
J Ayr, another in Edinburgh, and the mall
| solemn In Dumfrics-bcsides many statues,
busts and portraits Of the immortal bard by
Flaxman and other celebrated artists. Being
practical people. the Scotch make their
hero-worsbtp pay. They run excursion
trains and steamers to the " Land Of Burns"
ats i ftM <1f tn int
smut boxes and spectacle cases from wood
grown On the banks Of the Doom" or 1.-THE
Ayr" or Iron near tho castle Of Mont
gomery." The houses he lived In, the beds
he slept upon, the books he read, the chairs
he sat'inl cannot now enumcratc the num-
bcr Of tnementos OF Burns that are shown,
for "a consideration" It Is true. but With .
chcerfulne:s, and pride even, that mikes the
Reconsideration" appear all too little.
Abbotsford. likwlsc, is thrown open to the
m1rcrs Of Scott arc shown his books, pictures
and trinkrta; his coat, breeches aud hat.
It !s, Indeed, one Of tue show.places Of Scot.
land, aud OH favorable days the visitors are
Kno1's house and rnlptt, and vhat.not.
The English do these things differently
A fortnight ago travelled out Of my way
the distance from Iced. to Hucknall, ny
sole object being TO look upon the rcstin..
| place ol Byron. uucknall Church ID struc
| lure Of very great antiquity, and at the pres
ent time Is sadly needing repairs. The roo
leaks In sevcruI places, the plastcring /.
tumbllng from the walls, and altogethr
it Looks Is If 1t mnst soon cont
to he classed among the ''old rulns.'
Tho estimated outlay for the thorough rcsto
I ration OF the church is Ell 500, and Vigorous
Efforts have becu made to raise this amount
but so far the subscriptions foot mp onl,
GA50. was told that the Byron vault hat
: been ''closed forever" Tile last time 1t VA
opened was when 1t received the remains q
Ada, ttsole daughter OF my house and heart
J A small marble In the wall bears this iuscrip
tion: '1n the Byron vault below lie the rc
mains Of Augusta Ada, only daughter q
George Gordon Noel, 9th Lori Byron, an
: wife Of William, Earl Of Lovclace. Bos
, 10th December, 1915; died 27sh November
. ISL" On the reverse side Of the Byro
: arms read as follows: "Thc Hon. Catl
crime Gordon Byron, Of eight, mother {
George, Lord Byron, and lineal dcsccndan
Of the Earl of Hunt1cy, and Lady Jca
i, Stuart, daughter Of King James the !. {
: Scotland, died In the fty-stxth year Of he
q age, August ]. 1811." The marble upo
= which Ii inscribed the date Of the poet
. birth, death, ETC., and tho stone which sci
i forth the virtues Of one Of his ancestors, II
q the only other memorials Of the Byron fun