New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-30
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE
WHAT TWO YANKEE SCHO0L-MlSTRESSES
SAW In EUROPE.
IA A MORNING AMONG THE LAKES

| SAW in EUROPE,
L MORNING AMONG THE LAKES
AMBLEsIDE, JAY 2S.-Of course 1.-THE Lake
country is familiar sound TO your ears morus"ol,
SOuthey, Coleridge, DE Quincy Dr Arnou' hii' H
mans and Miss Martineau, names any one OF "ho"
would mmorsIi,a tina region OF our Western
land Either would be star Of sufficient magnitude W
illuminate the local armament In when IL might chnO
TO be set but all are here united III constellation, tue
fame OF whose brilanoy has made these neres ien9'
| tarns and gbyls celebrated wherever Anglo-Sa1oh
poetry IA read snd loved But there arc other Things
beside poecal which assist In rendering TINS
village OF Ambeside lovely little resting place au
the fatgues OF European tour and 10 those the Vsuo Vi
whose minutes is not measured by New-fOrk pfleo
current recommend nothing more Thoroughly useiu
than three weeks soourn among tho west
moreland Hills &c. at least, decided; we' Huo
pendent damsels-Yankee sshoolteachers, II we must
confess twho are on what Dickens would call an ou
seeking recreation strength and ideas anlu INC sconos
and memories Of the Old World. For - long, weary
days. had tossed the great restless monotonous
ocean, having been advised by those whose opinions we
valued to sailing packet; and though IKE all
who ego down TO the sea ships We had seen many OF
"the works OF tho LORD and HIS wonders In the deep
we had experienced too much OF the rest OF DaVlds
matcless description and were too nearly at our wis
ends not 10 rejoice neIpressby In finding our rect once
upon the rooks and our Held OF vision
"the strength OF the hills"
IdyerpooJ WAS visited ts lions seen, and then the
hottest day this country side known, we were
whrIed through Prescott Lancaster and Kendall, 10
the iyyembowered village Of Windermere, whence
stage brought us past Doves Rest" Mrs AemanSs
home along the shore OF the placid little tweiYe'nle
long lake this most retired Of quiet little towns being
at the same most fashionable OF Summer resorts
for English tourists. And now behold u.s. on the nrst
morning after arriyanOt "the three maiden ladies'
in green ves and blue speotaces" OF which our guide
book rreveFenty speaks but two American girls CLAD
hiaEh
broad. brimmed hats more than 5000 miles away from
home setting forth for first rable on English ground
Our steps were turned nrst to the PostOfce what IN
nature art sciencs literature cnn stand Tor moeht
in competition with the blres possibility OF home etters
So although we know thak steamers only arrive Twice
week tho thought hSttherc may be letter Is the load
stone drawour feet first to that temple OF de-
light or disappointment 1t may prove 10 proved the
Inter in this case and then we were free to wander AT
our own sweet VIII Where were we goingf Nowhere
I'm particular but there magnetism whose setngs are
unaccountable and srav by ts magic, we soon found
ourselves IN green Acid opposite to The Knoll Miss
Martineaus house. 1t is smbOsomed as usual In IVY
has It's triJn little lawn ana bright flower garden with
lovely view across tlreen meadowsto the new church,
but il is in no way dahngushabe from the many other
stone houses around at. Miss Martineau Is now at
tho close OF her ne resting from her laDors'
as confirmed invalid She sees no one bnt
her maid even her Icis denied admtance. and OF
course v aid not &c elk IT, After walk OF some two
miles and n lovely Ate noontide rest by some square
blocks limestone ph ced for the puorpose OF CROSSING
what in our American gauge q things we called bright
little brook but wch terward proved to be the Rothay
pver wa f,,,ud ourss Ives Ia tho little village Of Ry
dial and beisgat a'IOss how TO proceed betheught me
of calling 10 oar aid that Yankee tongue brought from the
soil OF freedom and Wit Il accosted pleasantooking
old entomau armed wi "a basket inquring ct MN the
way to RydaI Mount Il answer, throwing his basket
over the storc wall he unteercd 20 be our guide and
do
OF his morniug ltertainment He first led us
through curious turn su 10 over rustic bridge, To an
open oak glade Ia the slenter OF which sleeps Eyda
Mere pretty little pond. with green heronry IN the
csater and Inughrgg rsi abruptly to the southwest
II IT, IN winter great skating pond OF these regions
and have 10 doubt tho Westmorcland boys and girls
her. enjoy tho oter edge" and Dutch Roll we'll as
our New-YoEkcrs. Our old gentleman connection Of
the Woriswush family. offered 10 show Rydal Mount
which is not usually open TO strangers, and we soon
found ourselves before old DiasDored house, from
whose lawn one may Windermore IN one direction
and Rydal lake In the other. with all the hills which
surround both. We paced the old fashioned terrace tho
poets faEoTite walk sat f"oehsl ia the sum
nerhouss curously lined with nroon where many OF
his poems were composed. passed Through gnte-not
"the Wishing gate" that Is further on-into the road
walk which was way the church az Grasmere and
retiring through bis garden helped ourselves to memen
toes from the hedge or as my frssi remarked appro
pr,at.d, wordsworths laurels' Tho whole estate
az 20 give impression OF much greater size ana quite
embowered in eyergreens IN seems II Wordsworth
onid have been objectionable not 10 have been poet
living for fty or sixty years with such surroundings TO
me the wonder Is tnat his poems are much more
philosophical than imaginative or course you LiSow
mar ne Ia the genius IOei" % these regions Grahmore
IA hajIowed by ms last sleep IN it, quiet churchyar but
In beautiful new church at AInbleis ~ whole chapel
called by his name. TIVE memorial windOws com.
Iaemorats his wife aud daughter vhe under that more
particularly dedicated 20 himself u this inscription,
sweet 70 our eyes: "Iorun anglo Americana" The
American contribution to this Joint monument Nas
brought 10 this country by Prof. Rsed Of
Philadelphia, who visited our knd ocezone while
here hut was unhappily lost his hOmeward voyage
There Is aso stone building called the Wordsworth
Library with grammar school attached II stands
the church and a fine tribute 10 him both poet and
scholar Our kind friend entertained us with anecdotes
OF the poets home life and other local legends. while no
led us over OF the beautiful stone bridges which add
80 greatly the chains OF this lovely lake scenery aud
along the green OF the ROthay, Fox How the
sylvan home Of Dr Arnold. and seeing s beauties one
cannot wonder his deep love for IT, We at least
able 10 appreciate what deli htfu resting place 10 must
have been after the fagues OF his labor Rugby
dear ~ these were to his heart
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