Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-12-18
rHE ToMEK OF LONDON.
A Building Whose Origin is Lost in the
Mats OF Antiquity.

The most ancient, the most pic
tuesuue, and the most interesting Pile
in the world, stands half mile below
London Bridge, commanding the
Thames from St. Savior's Creek to st.
Olave's wharf, and is known as the
Tower Of London.
The very name Of this wonderful
building suggests a thousands dramas.
LISA palace, q court, hall OF council
mr. a state prison, as the fancy chooses
to make it. It's very walls speak with
human interest, and every inch OF the
massive structure is identified with
human life. It's existence began before
history itself took definite shape.
A part of it was Saxon stronghold,
az is mentioned in Saxon chronicles.
The remains of the Roman wall may
still be traced near It's foundations,
which many writers insist have existed
since the days OF Caesar. The plan OF
the building in its present form was
commenced by William the Conqueror.
AS it surpasses all other editces in
interest, so its antiquity dwarfs them
into comparative insignifcance. With
it's 500 years of historical life and its
years Of traditional fame it may be said
OF what we ato!"qbe historic pride of
other famous buildings DaIes hefore
this grim old battlemeut.
The oldest place in Continental En-
rope-the west front Of the burg IN
Vienna-dates from the time OF Henry
III. The old Louvre was commenced
in the reign Of Henry Will, and the
Tulleries in the time or Elizabeth.
Versailles had no existence before the
time Of tho civil war in England, and
its site was swamp anu wilderness.
The wond erful Escurial belongs to the
Seventeenth Century, and the beautiful
Sans Souci, the pride Of German EN-
perors, was erected as late as the Eigh-
teenth Century.
The Kremlin of Moscow and the
Doge's palace in Venice can date only
to the fourteenth century, and the old
est part OF the Vatican was commenced
by the man whose name it bears-Bor-
gia. The Seragio in Stamboul was
built by Mohammed H., and the Serial
of Jerusalem was erected under the do
minion OF the Turks.
The palaces OF such ancient names as
Athens, Cairo and Teheran are but mod
ern inventions.
Within the vaults Of this ancient pile
many a book was written. There the
Duke Of Orleans wrote his charming
poesies. There Sir Walter Raleigh
wrote his History of the World"
There Eliot produced his Monarchy Of
Man." and Penn his mo Cross, No
Crown"
Upon its stones men and women have
engraved the thoughts which burned
within their souls, and every cham Der
tells story Of human experience. The
mighty structure seems to echo with
human ambition and glory, love and
hate, hope and despair.
Tragedy and comedy walk hand in
hand through its corridors. England's
history is there, and with it much Of
the history Of the wcrld. Cranmer,
and Latimer, and Ridley speak to US
from its walls; Lady. Jane Gray, Annie
Boleyn aud Elizabeth haunt US at every
turn, and Raleigh and Wyatt, and Sir
Thomas More have stamped the very
stones with the impression of their own
lofty dignity.
Great in history, the Tower is also
great Ia literature. Il colors the
thoughts of Bacon and the inspiration
of Shakespeare, and the ore structure
in the world which seems to have gath
cred into itself the great stream Of
human experience is the Tower Of Lon
don.-EnlncL' I-nnH1 PcOpLe