Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-15

stroyed, and was rebuilt in 95s. The
"Poets' Corner" attracts every visitor. All
pay tribute to these martyrs of Imagination.
Here are buried Ben JonsOn, Milton Gray,
Prior, Geoffry, Chaucer, Corley, Dryden,
Thompson, Goldsmith, Addison, Garricks,
Southey, COngreve, Campbell and the great
est of all, Shakespeare, to whose monument
one is attracted by an excellent statue Of
the poet leaning on a marble pillar. 1
visited st. Paurs Cathedral, where EepOse
the bones of Sir Christopher Wren, its
architect. In 1723 at the age of ninety
one years he died, and was buried in the
south aisle of this most magnificent struc-
tnre. In the subteranean chapels are de-
posted the remains Of the renowned paint
ers, Reynolds, 0pie, Lawrence, Barry aud
Van Dyke. And here too are the sarcopha-
81 Of the proudest heroes of England, Wei
lington and Nelson.
l visited
THE BRITISH MUSEUM
and there found among it library Of six
hundred thousand volumes, the leading
journals of the United States neatly bound
and filed in their proper places. The great
dome, one hundred and forty feet in diane
ter, towering above us, is filed from base
to apex with the immOrtalities Of thought,
the lifetime labor Of the brightest geniuses
the world ever produced. Here everything
curious touching the lives of great men has
been collected. Every apartment within
itself is a grand exhib tiOr. Over one
hundred and fifty employees are engaged by
the government to care for and exhibit
these prodigies of the mind.
went TO hear petite Patti in the opera
of Troviata. The music surpassed any I
ever heard and seemed to me almost di-
vine. | also visited Gustave DOre's gal
leTy. The English are noted for their
fOndness for the fine arts, and have been
known to pay for one picture what we
would consider a splendid fortune. In
some this taste is real, in others, of course,
it is afieciation; but real or affected, il pro-
duces the finest collection of paintings in
the world. In Dore's gallery 1 was pecu-
liarly struck with the "Christian Martyrs"
Here Christ is seen leaving the Pre tOriUm,
the hall of justice, and in His face are
blended all the emotions Of suffering, pity,
love and triumph, while he is closely fol-
lowed by the jeering mob, who are hurl
ing prOfane anathemas and tauntiDg
threats towards Him, and He seemingly
saying: "Father, forgive them; they know
not whaBthey do" The price of tins pic
ture is one hundred thousand dollars.
An now we are
IN PARIS,
a republican empire or a monarchical re-
public. So unlike LOndon-the precise,
The formal, the dignified metropolis Of En-
gland. Here all IS gaiety and pleasure-an
age in an hour, a lifetime in a mo-
ment. Separated from England by
a narrow channel of about
miles, where on a clear day il
seems almost possible to converse with
hose ON the opposite shore. Everything
aud everybody are so wholly unlike that it
must evidently have been intended by the
Great Creator that thrre should be no con-
Meeting link between these two countries. |
This Channel, terror to the traveller, is
always a dread TO the veteran mariner. |
The rolling swells of the mighty ocean are |
lere changed into short, deep piunges, |
quick, jerking uprisings, and the pleasures |
# the sea to those accustomed to its travels, |
re lost in the nassau of the English Chan |
lel. NJ and were each very sick, but !
When again on terra .fTRd we felt the bet |
er and were the more ready 20 enjoy this
,lorious city.
Soon after our arrival here we were |
Sked whether we would like to see the /
Bots de BoulOgBe, whereupOn Col. W
aid that he expected to see all the boys 1
,efOre he left, and would be glad if some /
f them would call around and show him /
be town.
walked this afternoon upon the beauti-
nj promenade, the Champs Elysees. Near
eIe we went to
A PANORAMA
the siege Of Paris by the Ger
mans. Il is truly strange to what Derfec-
ion they have brought this initiative art.
The firing of cannOns and mortars, the
ursting Of shells, the burning of houses,
nd, in fact, everything incident to
n attack upon a city by a vast
rmy, were so perfectly shown as
D leave the impression that l had really
the siege. / also attended the
'hurch Of the Madeline. It is a beautiful |
.ructure, and all around the outside Of the
-alis are inches, in which are placed the
.atues Of the patron saints. The church
7as draped in mourning for the funeral Of
celebrated French GeneTal-OTville.
The most interesting sights here seen by
S are the wonderful fountains of Paris,
nd among the most beautiful are the foun-
aims of Versailles. These only play once
month, and then a. au incredible cost to
be city. have not been here long enough
D write Of much that have seen. L have
zen the Palace Of the Tuilleries, but have
OF had time to examine it. VIII visit it
gain. Also ls grand ct Petite FriaRon.
NJ.