Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-09-20

the east SIDE towers Dcn boilohu'
AS we neared the northern end we
caught glimpse of Rob Roy's Cave
In the distance. We next went by
coach to Loch Katrine, the scene OF
a part of the "Lady Of the Lake." In
another steamer-the "R0b Roy
we traversed this body Of water
which is like polished mirror
framed by massive mountains. On
our way we passed "Ellen's Isle"
We next drove through the famous
pass of the Trosachs TO Callander
where took train for Stirling. Here
visited the Wallace Monument, the
celebrated Stirling Castle, Grey
friars Church and Cambuskenneth
Abbey. In Edinburgh, the "Modern
Athens and one of the richest cities
in the world In historic and literary
associations, saw too many things
TO mention here. Among the most
interesting were the Castle Holyrood
Palace and Abbey, redolent with
memories Of Mary, Queen of Scots,
John Knox's grave, the Scotts Mon
ument and Arthur's Seat, high hil
from which there is charming view
of the city.
From Edinburgh / went TO Mel
rose where visited the famous Mel
rose, Abbey. walked out to Abbots-
ford, the home of Scott Sir Walters
study with his chair and books, looks
as II he had just left 1t. From Mel
rose went to Leeds and then to
Birmingham, where L spent the
night. From there went to War
wick and thence to Stratford- -on-
Avon. Here 1 visited the Shake
speare Memorial Building and The
atre and then Holy Trinity Church,
upon the beautiful Avon, where
Shakespeare lies and where saw
his grave with the we'll known cpl
taph said to have been composed by
him:
aGood trend, for Jesus sake forbeare,
To dig the dust enclosed here:
BEST be the man that spares the stones,
And curst be he that moves my bones"
Anne Hathaway, his wife, sleeps
by his side. 1 next went to the
Shakespeare house and IL was with
peculiar feelings that l stood in the
low. ceiled room in which the great
est writer of the world was born.
Visitors from every cline have
scratched their names on the
walls and windows. One finds
the autographs of many OF
the immortals-Byron, Scott, Wash
ington Irving, Duke of Wellington,
Tom Moore, Chas. Dickens, and 9TH
ers From Stratford went TO Ok
ford, where / spent the night at a
quaint old inn-the "King's Arms"
The next day 1 visited the famous
Bodean Library and several of the
colleges. 1 have peculiar rever-
ence for the old town of Oxford. Tho
same afternoon l reached London,
the hub of the universe. l stopped
at hotel on Cheapside, not far from
st. Paul's Cathedral. l spent three
days in London, and although saw
a great deal within that time, ] came
away feeling that I ought to have
spent at least three months there.
During the whole of my trip and
particularly in London, ! found my
ability to do vast amount of walk
ing OF very great service to me. One
eau see SO much more when one
walks aud then too, II lie cheaper. l
had always heard that Englishmen
were very rude to strangers but my
| experience was quite different. When
| asken for directions L could not
have been more kindly treated and
many a man went out of his way to
show me mine. So by means Of a
little inquiry l was able to find any
place that desired. While in Lon
don visited St. Paul's where In ad-
dition to the admiring architecture,
saw great many noteworthy
| things, In particular the famous stat
ues and the pompous hearse of Well.
ington, but unfortunately l missed
the magnificent view from the Bail,
as visitors have not been allowed
there since the building was threat
ened by dynamiters some time ago
[ visited also the Charter House,
where Tbackeray and other famous
men attended school, London Bridge,
Westminster Bridge, Charing Cross,
W here, as De. johnson says, "the tide
Of existence 49," Trafalgar Square,
HYDE Park, Bensington Museum
and many other places Of interest.
Sunday evening heard a powerful
sermon from Spurgeon in his taber-
nacle. The two things in London that
interested me most were the Tower
and Westminster Abbey. o.
From London went by rail Ia
Harwich, where took steamer. for
Antwerp. / did not stop in Ant
werp or Brussels as IL was impo ,sible
for me to make the people under
stand my French and for me to uu-
derstsnd theirs. / was glad when |
crossed the border and reached
Cologne. Here I visited the Cathe'
dral which is the most magnificent
Gothic building in the world, and
from one of its towers / saw thu
Rhine for the first timo. / went ur
the Rhine by steamer from Cologne
to Mayence, stopping for the night al
Coblence. Although the scenery !,
magnificent 1 must confess that 1t did
not reach my expectations. W.
passed the beautiful ruins of many
castles that called up before oul
minds heroic figure that moved In
past long since dead, and just be.
fore reaching Mayence We saw "fail
Bipgen on the Rhine" From May
ence went to Worms where visit
ed the cathedral and the monumen
in honor of Luther. l went next t.
Heidelberg where spent the night
The following day visited the uni
versity and the old castle--the grand
est rain In Germany. / also climbed
the K@nigstuhl*-a mountain
whence there is q magnificent viey
of Heidelberg, the Rhine and Necka
valleys, the Black Forest, etc. From
Heidelberg went to Frankfort, tn
handsome city on the Main. Here
found much to admire. Ivisited tn
| house In which Goethe was borl
+ and saw there in addition to man.
other things Goetbe's Puppentheatre
and an attempt of his to draw
, witch scene. While In frankfort
, visited also the old Romer t-th
l town hall in which is room line'
with portraits of the emperors for