, 1874-07-12
A Feminine Counterpart Of the In
Slitution Dickens Has De-
SCriDcd,
HoH a Lodsing-uouse Is Maintained BY
The Contributions and }'ork Of
The Pupils. y
The Squeers Family Reproduced IN
Real Life.
The Relief of Visit to the Neighbor-
ing Stratfora-on-Avon'

C2yyysrondence qf The CHICAGO Tribune
DorEYGRLs HAIL. England, June Is, 1874
TIE fact Of dating letter from medieval
monastery deep in the heart Of England IS cal
culated, one would naturally suppose, to dood th'
write. from q country which has no yesterday
with torrents OF romantic and poetca meolta'
tious. Visions OF the shoTn monas WHO, cehsu'
res ago, glided through these long co1r1dofH' WIT
stole up and down these VIDE eta1s"ass, VIII
watched tns flow Of tho tiny Avon, before ahaK.
soeare gave it greater glory than Nature IRON
+i,a=e casemcuted windows, ono would suppose,
would steal between the page and the writer as
tie s1adovy figures OF the camera obscu1a 1ai'
upon white screen.
Il would seem like living in = dream OF bygcne
centuries, one would nk,-a dream wherein, by
some nccromancy OF the Inauguration, the SIX
teeutL AMI nineteenth centuries we're mingled
into one dream wherein the Chleagoenne OF
to-day Was enabled to wander at will through the
twilight vistas of three long centuries asone.
And vet. though the room in which write was
ouca the dormitory Of priests before apostatlzlng
Henry laid sacnlegious hands on conven:un
and 1nouasttc POSSESSIONS though the vide VIII
doys, sct in the thick walls like tile windows OF
T. cathedral, look over green fields to
where tile Avon wreathes golden gorso and
emerald yerlure with = silver ribbon; though
it is whispered with pang cheeks ard quiverng
Inns that the foundations Of the house are un-
doruued bv secret subterranean passages leading
no one knows where, and threaded only by
chostlv covled figures; though sentinel lett by
the 1erd1 ages, with battleraented walls and
machicolated 1owere, the castle where once 9
temorselul Baron deserted a faithful vile, and
lived the life of g disguised recluse ut her very
gates while she mourned him dead, IL Ill lleW
OF my windows; though thus
HISTORY, POETRY, RELIGION, AND TRADITION
lend their influences to stir my pulses md to
send raniurous thrills through my being,-I find
myself in u most pfosaic mood, prepared to
dcxl with the ideal suggestions OF my situation
rs with the barest facts of d most commonplace
cxpe1ience. And when have told you further
Of this quaint old mansion you will know Why
Before VIC came to this lovely region we read
Hawthorne's book of piigri,ns=cs, tour Old
Home" We read with delight Lis picturesque
descriptions Of Warwick Castle, OF Lcamlugton.
of tho sweet sylvan country round about, OF
Standardization, and of henllworth. h.-teEcr1p-
tuns lot tie less enjoyable III that they were not
woven through and through with thuse sombre
threads which were ever the strongest though
the darkest ii his subtle fancy. And read, too,
lis casual description Of an interesting old house
which, with fantastic gables aud buttressed walls
overgrown with ivy. stood upon the outskirts OF
famed old town, ul our own 1msglnstions be-
..4me Iluminel with the reflection OF his Ecnias,
::.l VIC stood in tho light thereof to yoT that ice
TOO, would make
AP1IGHrn4oE.-
;nat 1ce, too, would stand On tue bridge over the
Avon aud be filled with tbs subtle ether OF emo
tiyn vli1ch throws into ecstarlc tIlnces at
tehuldiug the grand ol- castle that We. too.
would muse over Am; .!"'sart's sorrows ut
EeniIwo7th. and ShaksiJcs.e's grave at Strat.
ford; that nc, too, wotld lcok Upon the old
monastery wandering ~:ce aud thruHtiDg
uuR;ut gables up against the sky
So Que bright day we came do II, from London
bT train, sagaco.sly tipping tie guard with O
shilling anu thus securing thlsd-class compa1t-
rceut entirely to ourselves. Aud let me here re-
mark, that il is most absurd extravaganza Tor
any American who caunot a1o-c , do things
Ike crince to travel otherwaye. rough the
rural districts. where tie lower o1d~ # the peo-
plc lay. neither the means nor ,.s.. desire to
t1ayel the cosuranonship Of the :..i!i-c!ass cars
Is not a whit more objectionable THAI. in first or
second class. These carriages arc jus. as clean,
,us,unod 4u at Ihe INK ~ the others ate md
,cr:.iounlly not cushioned at all. Upon one
;nn,ney lar which wo bought thrd-clnss tickets
~" ,xsr mt into frss@cIass cs1rIace On account
~ +ho c-t.w1ol cnrd,t,on of the train Inr fron,
rasard;,, ,his as vain We 5e1e ou;:e dissat;,fcd
~ ~ stnUv 1amssl; cusbjons were "a fulI nf
1,,sr.I,,t wa co,] .carcely hreathe in the loaded
etn,nsnherc whenever We moved: tbs curtaing
of IN ha 1rsu frf,1u
,h y, ad n,'r sacsion was so ,hsn1nta
+Ie+ 1'at1 Io,.L co7na info ou7 midst oa conid
hava naie m sien to the outor world. The
-a,,1or tor;T for third cl.aa travel il . nenry
!7 - a,.a,5 n1ea a,,a a1,d - LoIr no,sna ~
a-at'clse. 10 ,ence ao fnr first-c,as. t,rkasa
-on NV met tw1ca uLnt a -I;rd-cinss tic7<et
costt p aid you are no. mucl, mo1e comfortable.
~o8No 0"0 or-n nrsT1Sar1oS.
IT. ,,;.,.sd fron, 40 raw hut a sbort d;a-
+,nc.. fri;;n IN ID louse witch had 1nomed 40
r~o,,,f-.n,lv j., nn- ,nant,I ncrsnecr;ves a1l d,r
~ ,rla, ,,n1.r Nv roacLn1 i we sew m tne ,awn
.Au +;na - ~ lat " thar vs d,d nnt
.,.' o'se 10 y! tand a,'",,. ,1on"a - +o+ n,a,';
...su auu ese!o suou. ~ 49, L1a@+ ara Ky -,
nous ,as WAS not anas Uu hs thst W torhooa
tne necessary nsFuasion, pus .na. We ioIpolo
1of Tue saLe o. tne si.lage ius'lcs' Muo nlsn. re-
sa1n our oen.onsIA'ions ~. ~ lne poex'y u
sensation 1ut as Tue prose run mao: put We aio
not rush bilndlg into tue camp o1 the fhins-
tnea. doubtng not that tnes were % gentle Is
Taehtes rs ourselves, Tor VIC hAd lived long
enough in England to encompass fully the truth
TINT the professional loaglng-house kecper
IN tho regions TINT arc the Aleccas
OF American devosees Is usually
nhieoo1onist OF most naEn1ncent capacity
fare EtHttDnH 3,fHA