The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-11-11

ever seen together in any collection In Amer-
ca" Studies more interesting however than
natural history sometimes engaged summers
attention. for here at Wentworth" he tells HE
correspondent. Z" I had u good opportunity to
observe the way In which tho wealthy sons and
daughters OF the aristocracy pnss their time"
The young Lord Milton had invited some of
his friends Of about his own age. md kpon in
thoir love OF horses to visit him and have some
private races Offering ameng various prizes n
gold cup and u dessert sot. Among the young
mon were tho future Lord Scarborough and
Lord De Maulcy. sumner chronicles that they
were all dressed IA Jockeys. with tho cap close
blue or rod or yellow silk Jacket leather brooches
and whtc-top boots. He observed further n
strong habit with them NIL. namely that a re-
mark could not bn made without an ofr.r
to support It with bot. II they wcre
walking in tho garden. and one guessed tho
distance OF "a certain object straghtway n wager
WIS offered an taken with regard to H. ani on
one OCCASION the young d. Mnuley who, writes
Sumner. has just married one OF tho hand
soonest W men ever saw In any country" bet
he could run certain distance within n given
time. and. tho ground being monsurod. toNk on
his boots. cont. and waistcont. and gnincd the
wager Summer cannot lcavc his "reminiscences
OF Wentworth without again rrcrrng to the
young lady just mentioned and suggests TINT
VIZ shall understand English Ideas OF country
iiiewhcn ho tolls us that she said to him Lon
don Mt this season IL intOeruble, and even n
r,iid is not TO be endured" Now villa" in
this lndys spoech meant a neat. pretty spot.
with from fifteen to one hundred acres Of land
occupied by n garden-the precise equivalent. In
other words. OF wins, are dcnOmnated places"
and seats " abou, Boston and Now York.
Nothing in England he points out IL dgnincd
with tho name Of scat" or place unless the
grounds are extensive that tho ladies' may
drive their pony phactons through the winding
paths Of your own woods
We may dwell for another moment on sum-
ner's account Of IlolSinm House [EarrLeices-
tcr's because ii held more complete collection
OF interesting things whether pictures. an
ugucs. or us'ripts. than any seat h. visited
In England In the srulptu gallery he saw
"Pythinn Apollo" a Venus with the vril."a
"Mcleaecr." and Faun" in beautiful pres
crvation. a" Diana for sen ling which from
Rome tho old Lord Leicester was thrown
into prison-wth busts of Seneca and Corne-
Illus Sulla the latter said 10 be the only one
which has como down TO US. Some Of the
manuscripts at llolkham are invaluable.
ana hero sumner found tho handwriting
Of SIR Edward Coke tElr Leicestcr's ancestorl.
and porcd for hours over the Grabbed pago
which bears the mnrks Of his pen" Among
pictures he mentions the lfc-sizn portrait 81
the Duke ~ Arembrrg. 10y VAN yke. for which
Lord Leicester had refused twenty thousand
pounds; also Holy Family by Enrhnrl
amt tho lnttor's LEO the Tenth" This in
short was one Of those noble p,-itorics II the
painter. art win h sumner had I'm mind when
hchappily said. IN a sub.,4u mt letter. that AN
ltif. ln tour 10 $3.50 ri,turs i-.ht well cxposr
nn Enaiishman t. that lin, OF Milton about tbs
crusaders.
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"'s VIM" ou''l'r sp''n' AT 'n'S'r AS''
~, n'S,'S t'' 'n"'''' OF an emu ram az l''r
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o"u''er' L'ru byron PROPOSED 10 St down
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'''"'', '"' nuns S'"' servant 70
MURRAY '"h" was h'"u "i th" r'Yh household)
complaining that there was no : ,l;eh MARINA
lnde Nurrnv ,hnn,,h, Tint ,v,s s,.,r.,a i,,,-
.'',' a. ~, ''''"- '. '''"' W." ,""~V, '"'f,
Ilu'h "s Il very snort tme before he had PAID
for seven hundred pots II it. After breakfast
Sutnnnr VIVA shown IA. pueep,a ,,,iy,,, ,,,,r,
-. - ~, ''"'0 "''''
menus out no ulu not IKE inc ulnlns-ropm SO
well as Lord Leiceat-r's at Holkham While
war1.rip,, nroupJ thu, r,ou,s with nh b., ,,,,
- ~ :. WV" wv" ,'' NV
inc Duchess oil hent IN hor morning dress
" "A short squad person who returned has
profound ,heisanl,n ~ nh n ,.rocious sn,ile -
HuHlh'r WIS eN c'ulhEly STRUCK with inc
beauty OF certain English women. One Of the
,,l.,s.n,,-, ltr,,rs 81, .,,t,r,I -, - . So.
az ".'''' ~ i'''".n wis
al "tS' Norton r. because there ne met besides
Graham and Mr. phin,s ",hn ,,,,, NO.,
"t",', anu -''9' i"'P'', "o lV"r nloh'
beautiful. clever. and accomplished women" he
had eyer seen together. 1.-The beauty Of Mr..
N,,,,.,, - D., It, :, - 49,
"o "il''s ms hrN'r pe'h eNlGser-
nted. Her countenan'c Is lighted by eyes ~
the intcnsnst hrigltnDss and her features ara
80 ,h, ,,r,,,.., ....i..,,..u MI. -.
% ''o tr'"l'St r'",hr"y' ih''" was some
thing tropical IN her look. made strangely
brilliant and burning by her large dark eyes.