The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-06-18
An AMERICAN IN EUROPE.
Observations Upon the Life and Politics
Of Twenty-Five Years Ago.
by THE LATE
LANES SHEPH ERD PIKE.
XIII.

OF inc bee ui" a. load ~ oIl travel
!ro" III ,n, 49, 40 ,ovbcro ovor three
,erS -" sso, 80 a,d otton much loss The
hunu.o az. 80 49, horo ore moro frcouent ard
w' nue 80 a., h,,,-Ioo, comet In autumn
heroo liz" ,,aioa oro incosennt INT Il ia
,s.a,iano.s ~ tho ratcrs. especinlly in
a. e,.si,s y, Dovor that makes tho passnce 30
.he o.ia,e u, ~. ,,n. 90, do,th in which IL
oe'o,' ~, - LAM, o,oodv roll as ia the
onn ,,,, ,or,hor, oo,sts. Int brings
oaeo oi tho ho,tom and 40 crentos Jerks
W. ta. ,.a,,r TIM. give evcry
~ 81. o. ,h, ,,r,ous croft that nnyi-
KIM VI ino''on ,rha ,,ass,,o from MT
sa.. 80 a.. yia, h,, s,o,ncr vii, furnish
go. ,ro,,v honrs ~ his oypericnce. But
ST., ,,ron,h n tho traveller IA COM
..a,, -. his i,conycnionce md irrita-
A., -, tho s,,onl;d run nm the Thames. whose
o" =, ~ ,,',n,r1, on,ron.o ia worthy Of tho
,,Haont oan,toi witch is found on its
Snnss sir,v r,ilos from it's mouth.
w .,a.,,aa 90 ,yoi,s, ,h, norce wind.
-, 81 i,u.a.oa D., g,lo and in the
-. -, o,,, .ni,s a; r,in ro,chod the
-, -. hoI, r,.t !, nt nom
C.n,,nu ~ ,no riv,r toupd my old English
~. -, rhot r,o, IN Is,1 1nstol him
..,,,s.a 80 ,,oi,n "ol, - e,il M, mir.
- a. .,n, horo vow Jro t.us ia who wa
I'LL -. do ,ri,h nd ,rhn wa shall not"
Dmnninr hIoctn,,cs. he remarked. was first
.otn hu.ino.s - nnlif bo were Young he would
xnto b,rdi, r. AN Enrlishmen," .nid he.
.Ii,,o sr,ucrJrc ,ni b,ockade running. and
.,r,rs I,J" Ills first r,mnrl was mnde in
reforonco 70 much. communication letter OF
ar. Adams ,,von to n simmer OF Foods to
America and inst printed.
fonrd Ar Adoms with whom Ind re-
troshing conversation. lie il in the midst OF n
rroot wbirI conscd hv tb, blockade runners
hrt M mana, t,ens compos,d
His nosition ia irving. Int hc holds IL with
se,lI We con,d hnyo no better m An ut this post.
A m,rkod fenture of London arc these
,,,,,ntic stopo md iron BRIDGES. so much
80 mossivo and 50 much longer and higher
thon tho bridges Of rnris. They seem built
30 r,s,.t tb, el,ror,s md TO defy the ravages
ot,imn Thor mr., nrolivious works. and seem
1T, =. ,.;, 20 l,,r, .bo rvr,mids The
naw W.a+minster n,idr, ia lust finished 1t is
rnhla STRUCTURE thourb its massive charac-
for does NOT impress one like that OF Waterloo
To Ia eighty faet wide and on the surface
49,. ou ,ho onno,racnnr n hroad street. It
10. eog sid.voiks tvclve or fifteen foot wide,
tb.n n macndnmiz,d cnrriarewny and in the
oant-o two iron tracks for henvy teams 1t
s.nn,o tho rorfoc.,or Of =, bridge for service.
possin, nrurv Lana Thc,tre. we get down
,rto Iinco,p,s Inn Fields wher, tho devil saw
AhnN
for tho nrisons of hell" Tho local
iv 4. an ,n,iont finn. signs wore to be seen
nhteo,,od In ohso,o.o nbrose
u,baro "a hor, =, rrottv sou.ro of trees shrub.
harry and flowers Int It ia one OF those exclu.
.,vo n,sturos ~ tho rich in London from
.,h,oI, Tho nub,ic is ercluded
London ono ia imrressed with that obser-
votion n, 7 ord Dacon that I, know n strange
citv one sbouII live about in different parts OF
a. Rnt in those dnvs Of guide books. where
you end avervthing recordcd. It Ia not 40 true
n, ordinary towns. though it Is truo 10th OF
Iondon and Paris
The Bani; Of ENGLAND ia nm immense fiat
bn;ld;ny nm entire suuare surround.
al nv n hiyb wall and guarded by soldiers.
ono aptnrs tbe main n,ss,y, and rir.ulot ga
throughout the interior rooms and connecting
aisles without obstruction or hindrance,
After entarinc We mass through n narrow an.
franco wav into IA small court tbence strairht
ahead into room with counters on all four
sides Here notes are exchanged for gold and
old notes for new ones. md gold given for
notes. and silver received and mid. Leaving
this Wa 90 through pnssnceways wholly laby-
rintbine WHARF no s;rnngor could find his
wav except nv following the postcd directions
In be seen-"In."" out" Pursuing his why.
"a ona vista onons into another tho visitor
will occasionnlIv m eet some pnssinr traveller.
Wa looked into n large diney room with
ground glass on the sioo toward the passage.
where were desks and Clerks In an open
space rooted with glass. n horse and covered
drag were in suspicious propinnuity to n sign,
"Bull!on Department" A dirty truckmun
passed but he did not nppear to think we
were there to steal. Pushing up n narrow way.
We came to n gas light burning at q window.
which looked from a little box four feet square