, 1879-02-25
L0NGFELLOW.
An EnElIsl, Iorua Account OF n Visit to tho

an Engllaia l.oru'a Account OF n Visit to tho
Eminent American Pact.
Lord RoaaM G"ttfr IN IunHp F;lfr tEnrans),
liar PaRfy-A friend OF mtuc, whose t!t1o
and 1afnily name arc both floral, md who apprc-
ciatcs aud ia appreciated by the Americans,
hearing that had nlado acquaintance, una co,l-
acquertIy lustlng friendship. witt, Sum Ward
for rs his friends, who Gre lrctun both In the Old
alHl New World, call him ut,rc Sam ~ wrote
.llat to know the AFORESAID Saul Wurt was iii
itself IN liberal etluca.!on'' Those Of nv
readers who have been nt tho Dreyourt House,
Filth ayenuo, New York, Will not require to be
rcllIndcd1f the inyuFfablc Kindness and courtesy
that all Englst.mcn experience at the l,at,t1s Of
Uncle Sam, anil for such as l'aro not lad TIN
privilege Of making his acquaintance can ouly
bay tint the eooncr they 90 to Amerlca and do
so the better for thpn,.
llnd been tukcn by Fam Ward to SEQ day'a
racing on tllu new coursu at Jerome Park, Il
four-mi!cs' drive out Of New York. A prctticr
rarc-coursu / never saw, but my acquaintance
With raee-eourscs Il OF limited kind, u1!d
dnro say Gu0dw.od woulu 10 reckorcd q finer
one. Jerome PARK Is In wiley, Admiralty
laid out and planted. a scrpcnlinc raec-euurso
winds IN and out q, t.'e pantatlut,s. The star.!t
are us snlart ~ thnsc VI Luugclianps, and 1uuci,
moro comfortable.
A prasan.. illle day was closing in. tho last
ruce, n Btceulc-cl.ase, lad been run. won, nul
lost, lMd u No were lnaking ready 10 return to
town unc!c Sam suddenly reularkctl thHtI could
not thsnk Of leaving hMcrien Il was going In q
couplu uf days bark to EpgluntD without paying
lIngtcllow visit.
lrepllrsl; but how Ia one TO yet 10 Bostt,t,, d
tcn ll0lrs' railway Journey, visit LongiclIow.
AI.'! return to New York. to.slay being Wctlnes-
day, ntli my boat aaili.E On FrldaYI"
IL N.I$t
"Wc viii leave New York to-t,lght BY tIla 10
o'clockt1a!n, bscakfast at my club In boston to-
moro" iMurnl'lE, drive uyer tu l4lngfclluw ut
Cambridge. catril tile midday, train, and bo
back III New fnrk tonosrow. niylt; that viii
Elve yum t'mc to parl ul, uni, us go YOU must,
lime 10 start on FrtIas morning for EnglA,n,.h
Tic snt'lo night tsller dining ut tItnt best af
restaurants, Do!n1onco's.) VIC pnssel 10 Pull
man car, utN! iounsl ourselves ut o'clock ll,u
following morning In Duslou,-tha inost Eu-
Elisla-lookliI., town IN AEncricn.
On one sloe of pars, which 10 not unlike
our 1t. James, runs street liiled with hand
como private. dwellings and cIuba, that mals
planted to pccadilly. Inono ot these r!iibs Tho
suritFset).. tslost luxurious pInce, We
breaktastcd u ous only ca., ii America
Or parIs; for hero evcry meal
"squarc" one. Then we drove Over 10 Cum-
hroec, pretty town ot villas ubo,lt tour miles
from Nostont where !tycs thy Ereateat Ut Amer
team puGts. within shnrt 1l3lulleo or tEt l,Qu6e
we met Lungfelluw walking with ono OF bis
laughters. Although ! hGsl only seen t.,ut
"good gray head" once before, ami that ten
years agu, recognized Him even soanur than
did my companion, who, luwoyer, Lost not
1uo1nrut in embracing tn: old frteld, for sam
Ward and f.ongfelt0W have been fass friends
hall century Or nloru:
II nskcu to descElbu Longfeltow's appearance,
should compare ht1n to tho i1eal representa-
ttuns uf curly Christian 1ants aud propheta,
lhcre IL q kind u hula Ut goodness about llluI,
q benlgIity III hls expression Which Que Assu-
tiates with 1T. john wncu ut IAtnlos he b1esAcu
l!s followers aud brethren, sayng "L1tlts chill
drcn, loyu Uue Rnotltr." LouKfelluw's house
has u historical iutescst attachilig to 1t apart
from Its bttnE tlo outt's dwelling, Tor 1t was
hero th4t WaahtuXto,1 had hls headquarters af-
ter the hattIe of Hunkrr's litll, a,ld the f0oln
which tradition says wns o<yupictt by the General
WaS euriously GH0ua the BatJlc which Long fellow
frat inlaahited wllus new licllzed Professor Ut
Cambridge, Le lodge1 hrru In 1857, l.ttle expect
lS thut tAis house, lllen lot to Yaslou8 dodgers,
would ono day bu ILL. In this historic chatnoeF
ION tho secund stosy) the earliest OF his puesns
were wrtttpu; hero The tfausatiDls iron old
Spanish alld Gestnun pouIns ixor1 made, nl!l
here hs "Outrc Arr," tho 4rst srFles Of tlu
puems that made Ills usns knowu throughout
tho world Of literature, was peuned. Thu build
Ing, which Is knownas Csalx1c House {frou4 tho
tlAtlo nf former proprietor. 1ucc ApotACcary-
GtncIal OF tho NnrtherI Provincial Armyl 10
not unIlke !" ''f'ura1rr tn 'nanv Nh old atlsEun