, 1880-08-22
FROM PARIS NORTH.
rho Civ Of London, and an
American Home in Its
Suburbs.
ce,,a~d, a Village in Warwickshire-
Chester and the Wild
Irishman."


,ejtSt
;. 49,. and pnnacics that l1t themselves SKY
"n~i and give character and bcanfE 10 the IN
E.s .;.s, ,,oss below; so, Ifancy- is the modern
a'S''s excursion made valuable In the retro
~. .~ the certain few uncommon and supe-
':' ao,ss that, for one cause or another,
r. f.,zh nr,,od or tense. have left their perma-
a,d valuable Impressions Nor are these
''s .,. .lvays Of the sublime i'll Nature or the
80, r., ace or art. hut one will sometimes
,,iz vell-chosca rests among tic most at
'e ,;,o f..atures Of this retrospect; and in odd,
' 49, r,,oose{i-fn moments tht eager eyc. the
~,.,x,,e. and the s@alpel are closed or laid
an n., ond the fragrant hedgo of hawthorn. one
'Eo,tkoek's familiar oaks, or the appearance
,..,,,crpected friend, may rise into and re-
.:, of,.rt ol this wurshipful Skyline: or. MS
"+r ~,n,t,c her when we,hnd shaken from our
'' ',,. tho d,,st Of France and Holland. and en-
,rr.l ,t,e door Of
An AxGLo-sAxoN I701IE-
,n,,nr these homes TO us is that one that Ger
90, o,,1 and esteemed Chicago friends have
,,.,,4,7 at Denmark Hill, one VI the loveliest OF
,1,;.,s lovely suburbs 1t is but rarely we
-; .-,r Western usefulness forcing its value
.,..,a sad It's way among the wcll-troSiden paths
.r,p,isl, l,;tsiEccs life in propria pcrsona, and
t,,c nn,of that British conservatism. rs weil
=. French. or prussian, or even Russtotl, can
t,,r n smiling face and extend \ flattesing wei
t,,ru 10 tim who brings IN article Of real Talue
,es brre;e tics IN the fact tint ta,S aric.n
rr:.ua:,-left his hume here. a11d, Ftcnnling
t.rrsTTrnt If immigration, TOOK his Atncrlcan
.1nucht and gave il such practical expression IN
.nts lid CRY Of London. TINT IFS merits nave
.a,ai oyrr the British islands and have won
iir-1 Their ,eople probable and enduring rec
4,s:..,,: and here, in this lovely suburb win
IL cultivated wife and bis Ensiisn.oofn cnI,- ,
,na. he makes many friend from natne Wei
r;,ln 70 biz tlower-f:ardcn. his easy-chalrs, ana
is d:rner-1ablc. Such rrsttng,piacc gives
ia>Scrtmnd uf rare color to set the monuments
aid ministers OF London against
OUR VISIT TO LONDON
,-,s drawing to rnsretflll close; we had again
.,,,"-ieoccd the exh;laratton Of Tower mop:
crj In the did way: had shot b.; the Houses OF
Parliament and Lambeth Palace on Thames
penny, tsat. BY snn:hd t., ana mGonlGnt; raF1 mr.
INIT held Clcopatra's Needle ard naa stroilGa stroi:es
al,,,c The magnificent embank1ncnt upon wh!ch
;tnow siauds; bad sauntcrcd through rleauaa1
juste,t ii Rag Fair at liza. m. on SUNDAY; haa
walked with rcycrcnt step through the mys-
t.ru,,s passages Of the Temple; had. seen Iar-
;1r sid E,lr7ie-Jones at the Grosycnor. and
Iandseer in Trafalgar Square: had followed
Patti in Covent Garden. Irving at the Lyccum.
and Sp,srgcou at the Tabernacle; ID 1aet. We
IL" to lsltugtn7a's Angel" and from Encking~
ha:n Palace to Billint,sgate and seen it but too
Auler1cially. as all mere travellers must: st'l!
m"ntai digestion =. randed the woods, the.
slrca.ns the meade S1d the composurc OIL
= 81 in the bright freshness q an early August
WinlsoT. through Berkshire, and Oxfordshirc,
and Gloucsstesshire. to
sALFoRn.
In the extreme southwesterly corner Of War
wiekshirr. within easy reach Of twenty places OF
rosrhcrc OF quiet content lies this little Village
tf Salford. There is nothing about the spot
likely t. attrnct the pleasure-seeker. but 1t ls
s no one one fee an & e
length and breadth Of old England A dozen or
!Ho cottages, mostly Of the wcll-kno~n dia-
nond-pane and thatchcd-roof pattern, with
eayts often oyerhanging the narrow cUrvfng
road they are scattered along, make up its claim
sogillage rights and rafes; but we find. too, the
merchants more pretentaous dwelling with gar
Gca and shy11Dbcry, to which he repairs from tho
near city, some one or two hours away by rail,
submitting to such a time discount through that
love Of the land, the old homestead acres, so
beyond, the parish church and rectory, the
Sensitive Of the eroup; aad the e
s upon Mhen r1e st f Te ct
80 lovingly, and SO free from the vanity or the
tombstone and the mausoleunl. completes. and
well completes, the scene Here is rest, indeed,
and the perfume Of the sweet briar and haw-
thorn. the lrose and the miKu0uette, from the
rcetory- garden, but perfect the thought that
crown the conservation. One must believe IN
the great value OF this stilling, deep-moving
soIemnity that comes at such times and in 6ucn
places, rising in clear II sombre dignity out OF
tie kaleidoseopic tumble Of q modem European
excursion.
Atom: stretch of road. perhaps a mile in
length, are the
THREE LITTLE GROUPS OF COTTAGES
not very door Perhaps certainly not very rich.
oat+ one may believe, somewhat contented, ana
ford, and Abbot's Stafford. An old convent,
somewhat out Of repair. but inhabited. though
not in the old jovial manner, is q. curiosity OF
ebjef S nelT6oshood; s but as tta sud- ree 5ee
g England, as they lovingly call this
Valley Of the Avon md the Arrow, is the little
parish -church. with Its Gothic lines and Norman
to; ttossr guarding, With the dignity that time and
la'sa have given it. the holiness OF its altar and
ih re pathos OF its Rraves,-those who work and
.aose who sleep-to-day Il fur cxcmplar ct the
so.ldi1r, its sentiment: and as familiar in the
eEeea stretches ut the English landscape rs the
GaIranile in Italy or the mosque and minarctiu
tne farther East
let even these cannot escape the modern
Msru9r1e esr9r for oet1erment- It j. true, here and
tnesc Gothic roof has leaked. and Il Norman
soser has succumlh.d to Time In his century
staaes: hut the vu.sity Of man lives forever. and
~ tee spirit OF restoration TINT took possession Of
.ee land some thirfy-otld years ug1. introducing
VI Vim defiant bellneEs its modern notions
.. o. Improvement, desceuds upon these
2ualnt ,aa t. c1na:ndcrs OF Englands old rellg,,
.ous .s life. furl,shts up with fresh paint and
,ss1nlsh the pulpit and the pew, decorates with
mti,'ant ~ hi pigment from rcstbule 10 altar,
~ ~, nanEs up'n the outer wnllh wretched clock,
~ .4at snail p,!nt With the accuracy OF an ac-
nh.antant shan To our vanishing hours, while. By. an
sesurd mechanism. the changing chime within.
~ nsaoes novelty, is w;,kcncd into active life, and
os crushing n:ass eufoTces the lesson in Fifteen
elute intervals thr,,t1ghout t.le cycles uf time
Eft esaS Sleep is murdered and tie aiicn brain IS
tsaa 70 thank the gods that escape, even by rail-
Il s;pos:'ble while it turns with grateful, appre-
III Sd'fe slnite Upward the Golden Horn. and in
NJ ,ssts blessing upon the sanity Of Islam. Let
" ntvc on!
ttoaatug cur tents, We boox ourselves once
~ IN IS well to refresh ones memory Of this
r. ~ oEslinarily the Tirst visited. aud sec again
~ ~. .sea! park, its timber houses, its Old
n4. naa monuments and its River Dee. of miller
me,. Leaving Chester by the .' Wild Irish
~. -sa "a rtthcr rapid train ts1at htssc5 along
mn: m;"ech h Chester and HsAyhead tEainiug day In
--natto ~. between Liverpool and Queenstown,
IN cepassing Under the walIs of the lnag1itf1-
oraL orx. fa';n Of Conway Castle, i'll Walcs, aud
set ; tie Menai Etrai;s by the Britannia tubular
r'h:;e.-ati interesting ride though the speed Is
~" als very re1narkabie considering the prom
is I've :. reach l3uIybcad, whcrc Il most ch1nfOrta-
ns Steamer h lyin:. her dock. with steam up
E;is E;s 20 move otlt toward the Irish coast The
Nn,na. ~ Ho~th, lrcta,sa's Exc. and the Wicklow
Eteuss.es arc sighted towuit 4 Q clock r. H.:
ro:S'soRn tour landing} is reached by ), and ut
~ tl'EE EE we nre safely deposited at the door Of
eaeatuurne" il
*'pEAn DIRTY DCBE1y''