The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1893-10-07

is very small and close, and in many places
the sentences run irregularly across the
page and are crowded at the corners of the
sheet In others whole lines are crossed
out and the corrections placed above, which
bear witness to the great care taken with
the composition. We can easily picture
the great novelist sitting in his library at
Gads Hill the fire burning brightly and
shutting out the cold winds blowing among
the trees of the park, and the snow fast
covering the meadows and clustering on
the naked branches, writing those wonder
full stories, which combine the many phases
of English Ife from the tender affection
and uuselfshness of Little Dorritt, to the
brutality and ignorance displayed by
Squeers, the master of 'Dotheboys Hall.
But Charles Dickens writes no more, and
if the world ever produces another author
capable Of being his successor, may he
write with the same grace and simplicity
that characterized the novels of Thaek
eray's rival.
Many other letters and documents are
here to be seen, including among others
those from Cherries Lamb, Lord Byron,
Thomas Hood, Nathaniel Hawthorne, DR..
Holmes and James Russell Lowell, while
William Cullen Bryant, name associated
with such pleasant memories, is represented
by the First Book Of the Iliad, which was
sent to Mr.. Fields by the translator in 1866.
But other treasures await our inspection
and leaving the library we soon find our
selves in the museum, surrounded by cases
in which are Productions of the rare and
beautiful from all parts of the world.
Along the wells hang many rich examples
of Eastern art; in cs ses and cabinets are
specimens of manufactures from the land
| of the Mikado, and handsome wood calS-
ings of the Italian school are seen above
representations of famous furniture. A
model in cork of York Minister attracts
more than casual glance, while the visitor
will pause with astonishment before the
collections of ivory carvings, which so ably
illustrate the art of the Celestial Empire.
Numerous examples of old English and
Colonial jeWelry are seen, which present
quite contrast to the rrinkets and rings
worn by the fashionable lady of today.
Although the famous gems Of Rome and
Greece cannot be found here, yet a large
collection of reliefs in plaster well repre-
sent the delicate carving which they pos
sess.
} In the centre of the room IS W. w,
Storys work qSappho," one Of the best
productions Of the celebrated sculptor,
which carries us to Italy, where, surround
ed by the master pieces of the great artists
of the Middle Ages, so much of modern
art owes its birth. But the many objects
of art around us deserve more attention
than "Sappho, : and before two of these
the visitor will pause with astor'shment.
Here, in cabinet about seven feet high
are the large capdelahFa of German ware,
manufactured for the royal family of Ba-
varia, and which present excellent exon
pies of the porcelain industry. A little
writing desL, uuatrractive in appearance,
lies in cabinet along the wal, which we
find to be Lord Byron's desk, upon which
Don Juan is said to have been written.
His autograph and few notes are found
| in several places, and has also the Byron
crest and monogram. Other cases are
filled with relics from the countries of the
| 0ccident aud Orient, one of them contain
ing five hundred different teapots from
Japan, which are examples, not only of
the art of the sunrise Kingdom, but also
of the patient researches she collector made
while gathering what now is appreciated,
not only by the student but also by the
casual visitor.
We now pass into the rotunda, where
the beauty of the decorations present
Themselves in all their pleasing colors,
Along each floor are broad galleries into
which the several class rooms open, The
gallery over the corridor Is supported by
massive columns of Georgia marble, above
which the smaller pillars on the upper
floors are seen. The walls of the rotunda
are of blue Vermont marble with black
strip of Tennessee marble making semi
circuit to the stairs Descending broad
flight of white marble steps we enter the
auditorium, extending along the entiFe
rear of the building The hall used for
lectures is at the side of the rotunda. The
upper floors are reached by stairs similar
to those mentioned. On balcony leading
to the second floor are two portraits painted
this year, one Of Anthony J. Drexel, the
other of George w. Childs. Frames Of
textiles, mostly Italian but a few from
India, hang upon the walls, while the
etchings and engravings presented by Mr..
Childs still further decorate tho passages.
Each Of the numerous department. oc
cupies a room which is furnished with al
the improvements of modern college.
The Photographic studio of the art depart
ment Is situated on what mi hit be called
the fouish floor, but strictly speaking the
building is only three stories. IN height
The gymnasium is to be found in very
comfortable quarters on the third floor.
Among the last, but by no means the
least, are the rooms where the science and
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