New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-11-15
REMINISCEYCES or TRIr-EL.

LETTER FROM THURLOW WEED.
TRAVELLING n TIE Fools Fps OBJ FAMOUS My
SEARCHING OFT THE HAUNT. And HOMES 81
IlcKE>s's cHARAcTER--oTaER INTERESTING
SPOTS IN LONDON.
TO the EdtfOr OF The Fri 6Whe
SIR: hope that your corr spondeut Viii continue
his search for localities made classic By that great
est Of novoists, Charles Dickens. His eX erd4ngly
interesting letters recall and refresh pl reco
lections Every visited by your correspondent
is daguerreotyDed III my memory l was disap-
pointed however. in learning thar lie failed 20 tud
the wooden midshpman.n That vipilant senti-
mel was certainly on guard IL front Of Jncle
Soils " door twenty years ago. / had no difficulty
in finding Brig Place where Captain Cutie
lodged with Mrs. McStinger. l also found Stage
Gardens in returning from which place Florence
Dom o~y was lost. am quite sure that should your
correspondent visit Dover. ne would easily und the
cotage occupied by Miss Betsy IrJ.wood, where her
nephew David CO9perDelG appeared. hungry and
coatlcss claiming the protection OF his aunt Here
il will be recOlected when that remarkable man,
Mr. Dick. was asked what should be done IN the
emergency. he evinced his extraordinary good sense
nv repyiLg that the first thing 10 Ice done for David
was " 10 wash him. visit 70 Yarmouth would
b. rewarded by views of the beach where a boat
was converted into a house, saddened by the rehec
ton that neither Little Emily, Peggotty, Ham nor
Mr.. Gummige survives. | never passed Temple
Bar without stopping to wOndcI whether " Tell
sons Bank" was situated on the >'rint or Fleet
a. side of that ancient land TX. Without
dwelling longer on charmed local les | desire to
direct your correspondents attention 20 an OBJECT OF
great and real historical interest.
In Dckens's Tale of Two Cities believe be
refresnes his hero "by plunge into the Roman
bath This identification of the existence of such
Roman antiquity in London was the first, and
until very recently the only reference had ever
seen To H. Murray's and other guide-books were
searched in VAIN for an account of the Roman BATH
And vet il exists. intact a II was built with Roman
BRICK and cement, since those invaders eighteen
centuries ago occupied London The bath is situated
In a narrow lane leading from the strand to the
rver. ABOUT midway between Temple Bar and SOM
erset House. Ii is now. and has ever been supplied
from living spring with water clear crystal.
The bath Is II feet long feet wide and has
depth of from three 10 four feet of water The con-
cierge IN charge informed me that all OF nearly all
the bathers were Templars. ant had been IempilFs
a. she WAS informed, from time imm-moriaL
fonpd nobody IN London in 1912, IN 1892 and IN
1861. who had ever seen or heard Of the Roman
bath Bat more recently II Is spoken Of as an IN
terestius antiquity in Walls IA London General
Grant Wilson informs me thAt u Is hehuoLe4 IN TIE
last edition of Murray
Your correspondent has struck vein IN such
accord with nv own tastes that / venture 10 SUB
mt few of my own "reminiscences of travel. In my
first visit 10 Europe nearly forty years ago, much
Of my time was occupied IN seeking out objects and
localities made historic by eminent men. sought
and found the house in Tempie-st., where Franklin
boarded with Mrs. Stevenson when working la
London as a journeyman printer. also visited The
ehor-aonse IN Bolt Cour; VIII CD DI. johnson fire.
ouented and where lac so often met Goldsmith,
Carrick Dr. Burney, and other celebrities. also
upon the TOP Of a coach passing through the
Elephant and Castle driven eight miles 20
Thralcs Brewery, which. a. described by pr. John
SOD, 'potentality for acquiring wealth beyond
the dreams II ayarice" / visited the East India
Company House to be grathed with view OF the
room and desk IN which, and a. which, Charles
Lamb worked. Bnt the civil Janltor informed me
that 10 such person a. Charles Lamb had been,
daring the twenty years that be- had been janitor
clerk in the Company's house.
After doing England, 1 earnestly hope that your
gifted correspondent VIII visit scotland, where tew
but charmed localities are found. / for
tunate enough at middle age 10 realize the
dreams OF my youth by a visit % Scotland Neither
maps geoera plies nor guido-b0Oks were needed.
thorough knowledge ~ what Burns and
Scott had written identified al the OBJ
iects and scenes rendered attractive By po-
etry and romance. If. however your CORE
spcndeut should not cross the border
may ask yOur permission submit 70 the readers
OF J. HI lElbUNE some OF nay own recollectons OF a
4ann which, alter enrchlng and adoruing IT'S own
cities With eminent luriss. scientists, philosophers
poes' etc., has sprnkied and enriched other nations
WIN scotchmsn as distinguished for their industry
fhtelgence and enterprise as Tor the moral and re-
ssloas training which renders them useful and re-
Psctso citizens. Nv