The New York herald., 1873-08-25
NEW HERALD MONDAY AUGUST 25 1s7a-TR1PLE SHEET

little Iurther is Maidenhead, the grand riverside
resort OF Londons M ms .swells,n yho have splendid
Club House next TO 1t. Here, In the garden. l0ung
ing at full length, or In punts or rowbOats, on q
summers sun afternoon, you may see some OF
society-and out Of It'll Close BY are
the the splendid woods of olerden, the
haps the most charming spot on the Thames.
Henley and Marrow lie just of our route; near the
latter Is the famous Medmenham Abbey, where an
century ago, OF which John Dilkes the politician,
and Churchill, the poet were prominent members.
Their dolngs We're terribly icentious and quite in
accordance with their motto, "Fdy ce Que pOu-
dros' lido as you piease). Mr.. Mortimer Collins,
who may be relied on as the Laureate Of the
menhaF, a verse Qf which Iextract;S !.
Fay cs qss ssudras, maiden sweet
What willest thou In the noontide hcatf
crsSs slS the esp aSp ws es 1wn
Coel will the air on the river be,
SeseSwood TSop w 70 ssse hs snuoS Sn
And Thames is stirred by lazy oar
AS the train shoots along you see people
stretched under the trees, shaded from the noon
tide heat, and goodlooking fellow sculling
boat IN the stern Of which sits pretty girl, her
fretting the tide" and you wonder, with Brown
Oh. which were best
The lands lap or the waters breast
But You have not much time left to wonder in.
which is all the railway traveller sees OF Oxford,
most venerable OF seats OF learning, never over
looked by the American citizen however hurried
children of the New World issuing forth from the
cosey Mitre, or the comfortable Clarendon, accom-
panied by the professional gride, who is to chant
his commonplace story in his wearying voice not
that the historical portion OF 1t Is needed by his
customers; English history is far better known in
America than in our own country, and, so far as
useful practical education is concerned,
would back boy out OF free school
in any Of the big towns OF Connecticut
II name that state because In 1t made acquant-
ance with the educational system OF America
against that Of the gentlemen in caps and gowns
who are parading the High street, oxford. Not
tnat this Is to be taken as sneer against the ad
vantage Ofclassical education. No one believes more
heartily in them than do In their place; but TO
they can never fulfil and from which half century
ago they were by pride and ignorance debarred,
the university curriculum is worse than useless.
After leaving Oxford you come to MOreton-in-
Marsh, the place OF residence OF Lord Redesdale
(whO Is chairman OF committees OF the House OF
Lords, and knows more of its traditions thap any
other peer and number OF little country places,
the only noticeable one being Worcester, quaint
cathedral town, with the great salmon-producing
river the "Silver Severn" flowing through It's
midst Here the country which has hitherto been
very nat, becomes undulating, and when you reach
Malvern you see before you chain OF hills which.
in Belgium or Holland, would pass for mountains,
and the highest OF which Is between 1,400 and 150O
feet above the sea level.
THE HILLS ARE MALVERN,
and Malvern is the hills The inhabitants make
their living out OF them and enthusiastic visitors
speak Of nothing else. The water-another pride
OF Malvern-is as EnOch Arden said it, ''slipping
from the hills'-notably at st. AIMS Well whittier
people resort before breakfast ana at Intervals all
day long 10 get drink OF the pure and revivifyng
hud. It does not, believe, pretend to any medici
nal qualities, though there are in 1t component
parts OF iodide OF potassium and carbonates
Of soda and %agnesa chloride de Of
have their effect. But its principal recommends
tion is its freedom from organic matter, in which
! believe, throughout Europe. water water
everywhere' at Malvern, and not merely "drops
drink but gallons, oceans for drink for bathing,
for every conceivable purpose. There are physi-
clans who have made large fortunes out of nothing
but the Malvern water. the application OF common
sense to silly people and the knowledge OF the re-
Cooperative powers OF nature and the weakness OF
the human race. The highest and finest situated
houses held by these physicians, whose patients
phrase, are their ssboarders." Conformity to the
rules OF the establishment is strictly insisted on
from the boarders, and can tell you that means
something. 1t means giving up stimuants and
alcoholic drink OF all kinds during the entire time
you remain in the house. OF all kinds, and at all
wssT on dining in
American hotels; but also do know the nicely
appointed bar to which resort Is made at the con-
cluslon of the meal and occasionally during the
rest OF the day. None OF that at Malvern. my
cocktailng iriendl No dry Santa Cruz punch; no
ot toothiuI 'cf Of old Madeira g. ward ESD, Of wash
ington, d. Co.. what memories OF thee does the
mere writing the word evoked; no .'smien OF old
Bourbon or Monongahela aqua pura to
further what 'the treatment meansY 1t
means being routed out OF your bed at nve A. NJ. by
q strong valet who hurls you into an ce.cQld bath
II means walking miles up hill before breakfast 1t
means being stripped at intervals and packed
in wet sheets; 1t means total deprivation OF your
tobacco in every shape and form 1t means going TO
bed at nine O'Clock, after the excitement of rub
ber OF sixpenny whist with three old ladies. They
say the 'treatment does you good and say $50 1t
ought" TO the dyspeptic or the ennuyes, to those
who have lived too fast or those who have worked
too hard the air. the water, the regimen, the exer-
late Lord Lytton brain-bound and exhausted, came
down to Malvern and received such benefit that
he sung its praises in q pamphlet, and many other
lnvallds have testified their gratitude by votive
offerings in the shape OF ornamental and useful ad-
ditions to the pretty little hillside town.
For those IN health there Is nothing to do in
Malvern and but little to see, beyond the enormous
map-like panorama which extends all around.
There is All ancient priory church, the usual num-
Der OF gentlemens seats the usual obelisk, erected
to the memory Of some dead worthy. decent
angling and good fOX-huntng. The riding
of donkeys Is much cultivated by the ladies,
and the climbers OF the hills provide
themselves with Alpenstocks and probably, if they
'make believe" very much like Mr.. Swiveller's
Marchioness, imagine that they have encountered
dangArs equal to those Of the Matterhorn. speak
bold IL on these point, but my assertions must be
taken cum 0ranO, for all Iwrte is on hearsay.
When visited Malvern although late in July, the
place was empty. There were not a score OF US in
the Imperial Hotel, vast and handsome building,
capable OF containing couple OF hundred, and
''"''''' EDMUND YATES.