The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-04-23
LONDON
And Some of It's Sights The Mu
SeumS and the Wax Works.
The Houses of Parliament.

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During my meanderings through
the Old World, 1 have oftentimes
felt that if were able to wildly
portray in a concise but comprehen-
sive manner, the scenes which came
under my observation, it would be
a benefit as well as of interest to the
readers of the HERALD. OF course
many Of your readers have become
familiar with the sights of London,
but those who visited the metropo-
lis in their early days have, perhaps,
forgotten much that they saw,
while others remembering things as
they were then, would perhaps be
impressed anew by portrayal of
the way things appear now. But
particularly does such an account
seem appropriate to those who have
never crossed
oceans BLUE EXPANSE"
And gazed with wondering eyes on
the scenes of other lands. [ will not
harass your readers with the sea-sick
sensations of my sea voyages, nor
relate the curious conversations of
conYalescent passengers; as my pen
would fail to depict the true in
Wardness of the one, and your
space would utterly exclude the
somewhat peculiar varieties Of the
other. Neither will [ enter into
painful prOliXity on the well-worn
topic of railroad travelling in foreign
lands, which has been written up
and down by ADLER hands than mine ;
but, as if transferred by magic or
electricity from one hemisphere to
the other, will hold up to a literary
panoramic view, some of the various
places of interest which form at
fractions to visitors from abroad"
as the Britisher expresses it. All
parts are "abroad to an English
man, and every place is "the coun-
try to a LondOner. To the genu-
inc metropolitan, London is the only
" town" in the universe. And it
must be confessed that it is in mag
nitude, population and business re
lations the
CITY OF THE WORLD.
Over four millions of human be-
ings buying, selling, begging and
singing; wave after wave of the
never ceasing stream of struggling
humanity rolling by; morning, noon
and night the music of mortality
sounds in the ear, and every note in
the scale of human existence is
touched to move the heart to mercy,
and to rouse the soul to admiration.
And whether we witness the dash
ing equipages which wind their gIo-
riOus way through Hyde Park, or
gaze upon the exterior omberness
of ariStocratic dwelling places,
or inspect the well APP
pointed ShoW-windOWS of mer-
chant monarchs, or descend through
all the grades of class to listen to the
plaintive voice of poverty, as the
pale wizen-faced girl lifts her almost
hopeless eyes in miserable want,
there is one continual impulse acting
upon the ObServer-and that is re-
Election. 0, what lessons can be
learned from these joyful-sad scenes
which present themselves daily in
London!
But grow penSive, and so to the
sig hts / turn for relief. Once upon
a time the British museum was
the finest and most COM
plete exhibition III the world, and
many times wandered through its
immense
CORRIDORS OF CURIosITIES,
viewing the stuffed beasts, birds and
fishes, together with relics or by
gone ages i'll wonderful variety,
libraries of books and ancient man
uscripts, pOrcelainS and pictures,
papyrus aud sarcOphagi: acres OF
antiquity laid out like a garden, OBJ
ject Of touching interest from the
infnltessimal insect of one hem
isphere to the carniYerOus colOssi of
the other. All the grades of preserved
ancientness from the mammoth
down to the mummy could be seen
in the British museum but its huge
glass cases have been somewhat
skinned Of late to supply and en-
bellish the New South Kensingt0n
avast and beautiful struct-
ure, which is speedily gaining
ground in the popular mind as
par excellence the museum of the
age. 1t stands on twelve acres
of land, acquired by the government
at a cost of 100000, out of the
surplus proceeds Of the exhibition
of 81. The cast Of the
ROMAN TROJAN COLUMN
On two portions) exhibited here, is
alone well worth the trouble and
expense of a visit, but ali the depart
ments are not only immense in size,
but grandly and tastefullysftted up
and Skillfully arranged. The library
contains $4,000 volumes on all
subjects bearing on art, and a col
lection of $1,000 drawings, $4,000 en-
cravings, chiefly ornamental, and
10000 photographs, illustrative Of
architecture, etc. 1t is supplied for
the purpose of aiding in the acquisi-
ton and development of artistic
knowledge and taste, and to furnish
means of reference on questions of
art. There is also a reading room
connected with the museum in q
temporary building Cd its westside,
in which are works of history,
science and general literature. The
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