The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-20

dart nimbly and shyly to and fro. The sur
face of the land, here smooth and level, there
broken and undulating, Is everywhere beauti
full, and the eye is charmed with the greer
luxurlance around, and one almost for
gets to look for the greater gattrac
House. But soon the mansion breaks
upon the view, and then 1t Is that We
think Of It's age and Its pictures, and Of the
says and the Sackvilles. Two lofty embattled
towers guard the gate entrance In the middle
and, on either side, are spacious wings. The
principal buildings are In the form OF q large
quadrangle, with smaller one behind, re.
iieved by numerous small square towers; the
architecture being chiefly III the castellated
style In the principal quadrangle 9r court
The lofty and extensive Gothic hall. with
| It's characteristic carved screen, it's raised
dais, and Its stained glass, at once carries our
thoughts to centuries past. The noble pro-
state its size--seventy five feet long, twenty
eight wide and thirty feet high. The statue
OF Demo5thenes now claims attention. 1t is
more like the calm and earnest philosopher
than the excited and the exciting orator. 1t
is justly considered one OF the most perfect
works OF antiquity owned in England.
There are here pictures Of Rubens, Jordeans
and Snyder, and a collection of portraits
most OF them Holbein's), the extent OF which
alone entities 1t to be considered most inter-
IL
nus Is one Of Rubenss most powerful works.
The face OF Silenus, SO richly inebriate almost
ready you could fancy, to burst with the pur-
pie wine, the Satyr leering over Silenus' s
shoulder, and the general vlgor OF the piece,
visit to Knowle. The rude frpscoes that
decorate the grand staircase are evidently
genuine RESERVATIONS and speak much for the
directing taste. In one room there are q
Venus from Titan. /. Salutation by Rem
brandt, a satyr and Venus by Correggio, and
a landscape by Salvador Rosa. In the billiard
room are Titian's wonderful pieces, the Diana
and Calisto, and the Diana and ActHon. TO
give q Just idea OF this grand collection
raj masters; but to those leaving home for
travel, need only say, that room after room
are filled with gems OF art.
There are the works OF Titan, Rembrandt,
somenichoo, Holbein, Vandyck, Rubens Sny-
der, Paul Veronese, Wouvenman, Carraci and
Raphael The mention OF such names is suffi-
Gent to satisfy the lovers Of art that there Is
much to delight them at Knowle. Before
quitting the Interior Of the mansion, a visit to
the chapelroom will repay one. for In it
Is to be seen the carved work Of our Saviour
bearing the cross, said to be OF one piece trom
thence into the cartoon gallery, containing
copies Of the immortal cartoons OF Raphael,
aud, lastly, the kings bedroom, with the gor-
geous bed Of gold and silver, said to have
cost Sackvilie G1O,000i and made for King
james to rest IN, one night only--an act OF
magnificent and extravaganza loyalty; but
one which, to be taken in the present day as
precedent, would doubtless make 1t desira-
bic that kings visits might be like that Of
angels, flew and far between"
Quitting the mansion, we once more feel the
fresh bracing air Of the park. Sightseeing,
however worthy the objects, necessarily ia
tigues the mind by the continual calls upon
its admiration. Well pleased with what we
had seen, we stroll along one of the virdure-
fringed paths, careless which We choose, il
the certainty of finding all delightful. On q
rising ground that skirts q valley, the green
murmuring forest is behind, while before,
woods and heaths towns and villages,
churches and mansions, are In view stretch
ing away toward the distant hills Of Hamp-
shire; but above all, reposing on a gentle
swell of the ground, making the eye CLEAN
with pleasure but to see It, and the heart
reverentally glad but to hear it's name, is
PeDshurst, the home Of the Sydneys; fair
enough as we now see it, to have inspired the
Arcadia of the poet. and solemn enough, in Its
gloomier hours, to have cherished the noble
daring, the firm resolve and the unflinchlng
fOTtitIde of the patrjot