, 1873-11-30
HOLLAND HOUSE.
a Gathering-Place Of Illustri.
Gus Porsonago5.
Interesting "reminiscences Of the
= Last Century. .

hHcaulay's EaBaya, In which hc oloquently e7ph-
taatss on tho Impressions whlch survivors OF
noatly oxtnot generation may retain Of tho
LIBRARY OF HOLLAND HOUSE.
"Thoy will remember how tho last dobato wns
discussed In ono corner and tho last comedy OF
scribo In another; while Willdo gszed With
modest admiration on slr Joehua's Darott, while
Mackintosh turned over Thomas Aqninas to
verify quotation, wl,ilo Talloyrand rolatod Ills
conversations with Bnrras at tho Luxembourg,
or Ills fido with Lannes over tho fold Of Auater-
ntz." This tab1oau virant atrikos us as aomo-
what inadequate one, and we hardly understand
why tho brilliant historian should hnvo singled
out and limited himself : to Wlkio,
hIaokintosh, and Talloyrant, :" when he
had go long and luminous q boadroll Of equal or
creator colobrittos to ahooso from aud group as
he thought at. Charles James For, Grey, Grou-
vilc "Monk" Lewis, Sheridan, Windhsm, Ro-
miily, Iiornoy, parr, Horror. jeffrey, Sidney
Smith, Luttroll, Byron, Moore, Rogers, Thur
low, Eldon, Lyndhurst, Brougham, Melbourne.
Grattan, Curran, Davy, Lawrence, Lnndscer,
Canova Chantroy, Washington Irving, Ae1an-
der md William Won Humboldt. Pozzo III Dorgo,
Molc, Huixot, Lord mud Lady palmerston, tho
Prince and Princess de- Lioven, Mnlnmo do stael
Ali thoao might havo been seen conyorsing IN
.
scnting In his own person nu admirable example
Of tho most cultivated school OF craftsmanship.
There aro enough to fill every nicho In that
"venerable cpambor," it no wore to rot about
ropeopling 1t With tho illustroua dead; and there
10 barely room in Tho mansion. or spot in tho
grounds, which Ia not associated with some
n11LowED 1AAoE on CHERISHED MEMORY.
It wna in That is now tho dining-roon that the
dying Addison entroatod tho forgiveness Of his
pf Warwick TINT he had Hont TOR him to aee how
ChriHtiau could die. It WAS In the Glt-Roon,
atton up bY Roh, Earl OF Holland, for bnu
Eiven to Charles I. md Honrietta Maria on their
marriage, that Henry Fo1. tho first Baron Hol:
and, gavo n bali to thn beauty and fashion Of
l753, whom George selwyn danced with Miss Kitty
Compton, and the Duke Of Quoonaberry {" Old
WITH Lady oa59Rs =; 1a vh'n ee The
blackened by Junins" and tho identical Duch-
ess id By Franois) " out In 1T whist" with Rig.
by and Lady Townsend Gmollctt's Lady Of
sst ssR Ksns wh: o M9F&sS sk,S Sps oassa Bssk sla
fast-Room ~ was tho gcone Of . Holl-authenticat-
ed anecdote Of Lord Drougham, who s1opt at
Holland House the night bofoIo the delivery OF
his principal speech on tho Queon's trial On
coming down to breakfast. Lord Holland saw his
guest busily writing alta sido-tablo, and found
that, instoad Of preparing for tho grand effort,
ho WAS drawing tho clauses Of bis Education bill.
Tho plaster statuetto in the Picture-Room was
Brought by himself about q year before his
death aud when, in his lattor yoaru, ho came to
snond m hour or two At Holland House, be
would ofton sit mooai1T down, and, missing the
friendly faoes Of bygono days, hs more than
once eyon burst into toarH.
And hence the charm historic aeenes tmpsrt,
Hence Ttber awez aud Avon 1ncl:s the heart,
Aerial FORMS in Tempeh cla.s!c vale,
Glance through the gloom and whisper In the gale.
AERIAL FORMS F1IT ~ %
at every turn wo take in tho garden or tho
grounds whether ne pluae in tho field whero
Lady Sarah Lonuox was making hay or (somo
iii. rode by; or in Tue elevated (onre open)
br,pce where Cromwell held counsel with 1roton;
or at tho hloats where Best shot Lord
9Ca1nenora; pr or At tho sheo, "Allsy Mfya Louis QUIZ
lett to nolitary meditation at biz own
request or at the pioce Of water in which tho
Duchesse d'Aunale used TO angle Tor perch:
You may encounter al actual spirit, u you haye
Green Lane till nightfau, where Lady Diana
l,inh encountered hor own npparition; and
should tho moon DO shining, you may tako up =
position, some 20O yards from tho south front,
where SCOTT, guided there by Moore, repeated
his oTn familiar lines:
II thou wouldet view fair Melroae Alright,
For tho guy beams Of Nghtsomo day
Gid but to Aout tho ruins gray.
Lord Macaulay assumes TINT before another
Ecnorntion has died out these scenes Of roman
Eic inoidont, political intrigue conyeraatial brill
iancy, aud cosmopolitan hospitality will live only
vain sook. amid new streets, aud squares, and
railway stations for ths site OF that dwelling
which YVES in their youth
THE FAyon1TE RESORT
OF Wits and beauties, OF pAintera and poets, OF
scholars, philosophers, and statesmen. Consil-
ering how time is passing, aud the gapa lo is
hourly making With his scytho in oral tradition,
this assumption was In fair nay to become
e an ndaed aaaehtep hn Il IT, houe
write its hiatory, to bring. together all its
published and unpublished records, to in
terweava them with remluecenceB aud scattered
notices from all quarters, and call In
tho aid Of tho engraVer and photographer to
complete tue vivid impression Of the salient foa-
turoB and points Of interest which 1t was obyi-
ously impossible to delineate with the pen.*
PnINcEBs MARIE LIouTENBTE1N
tho Marie Fox Of Holland House, was under
20 whom she set about her work, but her
youth could hardly hayo been doomed disqunl~
ifcation by those who knoS her best, or the
family papers would not havo been placed at her
disposal, nor, would she have been 80 willingly
sud effectively seconded by her friends. Tho
fact is, they had seen ample proof Of her powers
Of applicatian, intelligence. and capacity. Sue
education, and, thanks to tho Italian part Of Il
coming In aid Of raro natural gfta, Bhe pobsesacs
highly cultivated taste in painting. sculpture,
and ali objects Of veEtu. Wanting this, oven st1
Jamea Mackintosh, who projected . work %
factory guide through rooms crowded with ar1
treasures. We miBs him certanlyin the literary
and political portlons OF the book; but tht
authoress has done all that could bo dono BY dis
eliminating ros1srch to supply her comparative
deficiency, and her accumulated stores Of IN
formation arc, II anything. rather too profneel5
displayed. She Is also q little too aententioul
knd sentimental, as cleyor young people Of bott
as1on arc apt to be till they have been taught BY
experience how many sound reflections have
grown into trulsInB, how many natural burata oi
sonsibility haye become .commonplaco ty use
But her general tono Of thonght and foollng !.
feel At every stop that she is thoroughly
irlbuod With the gonius Of tho placo
And nho has plenty ot froah a.
for the introduction OF the old, which, after all
IRE frequently acceptable as aaying ths trouble
Of reference. Deaidea. although the Ayes Of tht
chief illustrations Of this classic mansion art
we'll known, re do not SEQ how it's annals coult
have boon writton without reyerting to them
and there Ia hardly one which may not be get II
eclesror point Of Wow by fixing tta precise con
nnetinn with tha boca Iitv