The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-01-24
Written for tie Enquirer.
TO EUROPE AND BACK.
HOTEL VICTORIA,
LONDON, ENG,

September 10th, 1898.
Mr.. EDIToR-I think Westminster
Abbey must be the most interesting
spot in the world for all English speak
ing people, and l shall never forget
the pleasure which flooded my soul
when first within its walls. | shall
not attempt to give detail Of the Alb
bey from an historical point; for such
would be far beyond my scope in the
matter of space: and neither Will at
tempt full desclil ton of all the IN
terestlng objects which 1t contains
for such would demand Il good sized
book. But come with me to the States
mems aisle aud look on the monument
to William Pitt, Earl Of Chatham, Il
noble Engllshman whose eloquence
every American has cause to treasure
and thank him for it. Near him lies
the imprisoned Henry Grafton, the
defender of Ireland's rights, and then
Sir Robert Peel. 1t was a peculiar
conceit Of the scul ptor which clothed
a nineteenth century statesman with
the classic costume OF the Roman toga,
and then Disrae)i, Lord Beaconsfield,
who but once invaded the province OF
the novelist in Nivion Gray, twice
prime minister, a man distinguished
for his brilliancy, of whom some enc.
my said, she is lineal descendent OF
the impenitent thief Next the great
George Canning, who by his owl mer-
its held the hlg hest positions tenable
by British subject, George Montague
Dunk, Earl of Halifax, in whose hon
Or the capital of Noyia Scotia was so
called, man of great prominence III
his day. who earned the tile ''Fath-
er of the Colonies" because OF the
splendor of American commerce built
up under his fostering care. Warren
Hastings, Governor-General of Bengal.
whose trial arrayed such legal giants
ard brought forth such forensic elo-
quence as probably never before wax
ed warm III the interest OF single
cause. Charles James Fox the "Man
of The People, He is represented as
dying in the arms of Liberty while d
negro kneeling at his feet is thanking
him for his part in the abolition OF the
slave trade, and William Pitt, Lord
Chatham's second son, who was prime
minister of England at the age OF "A.
Now we are merging on Little Poets
Corner" ami bust OF the sacred songs
Poet keble is before us and 10y it me-
MORALS of Kingsley, who wrote that
most interesting book Hypathia, nov
elist, poet, theologian. keble was, with
DR.. Newman aud DR.. Pussy, regard
ed as forming the high church move
ment IN 1882. Newman died a cardl-
nal of the Catholic church but neither
of his contemporaries went so far al
though the Tractarlan movement was
actually begun by keble. Maurice,
tutor Of Kingsley, lies beside his more
illustrious pupil and then one looks
on the bust of Matthew Arnold, IA man
who has left his impress on both the
song and story of the day master OF
pure English whose calling was all too
soon although his was life we'll spent;
and by his side Matt news father,
Thomas Arnold, the great master OF
Rugby, whose admirers have recently
erected bust to his memory, and now
we come to statue of ''him who ut
tered nothing base" William Words
worth, and the meditatiye attitude in
which the past is represented we'll
harmonizes with thoughtful and phil
osophic tenor Of his works. The gen
erous gift of the late George ". Chllds
is Just before rs and when | saw it there
was flood Of mellow light pouring
through its beautiful stained glass
windows lighting up the lines ia ken
from the poets to whose memory 1t was
erected-George Herbert and William
Cowper, both religious poets and both
Westminster scholars. In an oval
frame is half-length marble portrait
of William Conereye placed on ped
esta' of the finest Egyptian marble and
enriched with emblematlcal figures al
ludlng to the drama. The monument
was erected by his patroness, the Ouch
ess Of Marlborough, who was the bene
ficiary of his will Congreye was the
first great English dramatst, placed
by Dryden's extravagant eulogy on Il
lofty pinnacle where stood Il slngl rival,
Shakespeare A stone nearby marks the
resting place of the first great English
actress, Ann Oldtield, who was inferred
with magnificent solemnitles, her body
having lain fer several days III the Jeru-
salem chamber Il mark OF the greatest
respect to talent. On moulded pan
elled base stands sarcophagus to Ma
Tor Andre ''who fell Il sacrifice to his
zeal for his King and country, on the
End Oct, 1880, aged 80 The re-
mains of Andre were taken TO Eng land
about 1920 and the monument erected
at the expense Of George III. Next
to Andre stands the finest categorical
monument | saw i'll Europe. 1t was
erected to the faithful friends Slr
Charles Harbord and Clement Cott-
rell. both Of whom lost their lives III
the memorable sea ii CHIT against the
Dutch in Southwold Bay, 1912. The
monument represents the crumbllng
Of hugh tower over which two an.
gels heads are seen TIN ough ii cloud
one Of them blowing a trumpet at The
sound Of which a young man pushes
back the lid Of his sarcophagus and
throws aside the STROUD Of death, while
Father time is killing death with i
spear as the grinning figure croucheS
at his feet. At the opposite end OF this
same nave rest Sir John Frederick Her.
schel, the celebrated astronomer, and
Charles Robert Darwin noted for his