The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-04-20
FROM HE OLD COUNTRY
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Hotel = Lincoln I'm Fields Inc
old ruin Is still standing and the
law courts adjoining, but the once
fields are al built over with houses,
that themselves are old now. The
. centre Of the fields Is occupied by
. one Of the squares full OF bloom and
F shade. Though but q few rods from
the busy, noisy High HOlborn street,
It i a. still and quiet Is country life
f The residences here have q subdued
/ appearance One Is known a. the
+ Soane Museum. II was formerly
+ the home u Sir John S0ane, archi-
( tsct Of the Bank Of England, and
+ many other prominent buildings II
. London. His wife and sons dying
+ he left his valuable collection OF
f curiosities for the benefit OF the
I public. and an hour can be enjoy
I ably spent II examining them The
rooms are small and many. but great
skill has been exercised II making
( the most Of every inch. The picture
/ gallery Is only twelve by thirteen
/ feet But after you have examined
/ the pictures on the walls. the keeper
+ turns 4 button and swings open the
+ very walls themselves, and there are
pictures eu the inner side Of the
I doors thus opened as well as on the
( wall beyond 4 second time he
I swings open the wall. and BY this
+ arrangement on three sides Of the
! room, lis pictures are accommo-
/ dated Many Of them are by good
/ artists and are valuable. The most
/ interesting object IS seen by des-
/ cending TO the Sepulchral Chamber,
/ illuminated by an amber light from
! above. Lady SOane's monument Is
here, but the object We seek Is an
/ Egyptian sarcOphagus. that was
( found near Thebes IN 1917. It Is Of
ample dimensions and covered inside
and out with hier0gIyphics and fg
I ures. that relate TO the father OF
Rameses the Great The great
. casket Is Of aIabaster two and 4 half
7 inches IN thickness, and 4 lighted
candle placed within shines through
it with wonderful effect On lea7-
+ ing the museum we pass ont Of the
/ square by a narrow street, and q
. small boy on the sidewalk, looking
in our faces and Judging Us 10 be
Z strangers, says. there II Is ma am"
We look up. and there on z low, two
story. very old fashioned house are
( these words: The old curiosity
shop immortalized by Charles
/ Dickens" It almost takes the
romance away for q moment, and it
seems as If the place and surround
I Ings are far too small for all the
. stage setting Of the touching story.
| But after all great tragedies are
/ often enacted IN nutshell and II
/ quiet, unsuspected lives, and We have
all the more respect for the great
author In this neighbOrhOOd are
( some Of the oldest houses IN London.
carefully preserved. and many OF
7 them retaining their old names, and
} even occupation. After little wan
I dering through these by-ways we
/ come out Oh Chauncey Lane-clubs
and chambers Of all kinds have their
entrance from this thOroughfare. At
| the foot Of the lane on the Strand"
/ we see 4 four story narrow house
/ inscribed The Palace Of Henry the
/ VIII. and Cardinal WooIsey." 1t Is
( now used as barber and hair dres-
( sing establishment Passing down
. the Strand" on our right are the
I Royal Courts OF Justice, magnificent
/ buildings, forming q whole block
/ and having q frontage Of 500 feet.
( There are nineteen court rooms, be-
sides q grand hall and galleries The
/ Queen opened the courts December
I. 1882 The Strand Is one OF the
/ principal thOrOughfares from the
/ city to the west end, and Is one OF
I the busiest and most important
/ streets IN London. The stream Of
/ traffic Is enormous and 1t requires
/ skillful navigation to GROSS from one
/ side TO another. It formerly skirted
the river, but now a row Of build
Iugs containing many fine shops
Is between. these still fronting on 4
I fine avenue that runs along the river
/ edge. The Strand once contained
| the mansions Of noted men and wo-
men. the cross streets being namod
accordingly, but the palaces have
( long since disappeared, or been con
verted 10 more plebeIan USES. SOLner-
set House, erected 100 years ago.
/ stands Oh the site OF q former palace.
but the present building Is occupied
by various public Offices. The
Audit, Revenue, and Registrar, also
/ the repository Of testamentary writ
I ings Of all kinds-are among the
+ number. 4 number Of the Theaters
are on the north side OF the Strand.
/ while others are on the cross streets
/ but a short distance from It. On the
I south side and nearly al its terminus
IS the Charing Cross station with
which Is connected a large Hotel.
/ EIean0r's cross, 3 gothic monument.
/ stands in front Of 1t. The Strand
( terminates IN Trafalgar Square one
+ OF the finest open places IN London
/ 1t Is dedicated 10 Lord Nelson. who
. at the great naval battle at TrataI-
gar lat which he lost MS lifeI des-
troyed the feet which Napoleon had F.
prepared for the invasion OF Eng
land The column 20 the memory Of
the hero Is Of granite, and i I45
feet high Il Is crowned with 4
statue OF Nelson. The base Is Orna- .
manted with reliefs IN bronze. Of
scenes in which he had figured four .
colossal bronze lions crouch upon .