Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-08-24

party left for London this weol ana 4
Mrs. Mcfarland will Join them tfeft 4 1
next week for few days Besides the
immediate London sights.s vista WIN
be paid to Oxford. Old Chester, Ely;
(named after Miss Ely's ancesturSD and 4
other points of interest. A trip across
the channel to Dublin and the Lakes OF I
Killarney will follow and then home-
sailing on the Umbria Sept. from
Queenstown. X; Sg
Your correspondent asked Mrs Howe
to sketch an outline of her Scotch pill
grimage, and che said, substantially:
We found Glasgow, the commercial
city of Scotland and very much like our
own rushing and dirty Chicago, full Of
visitors, including many Ainericana
drawn by the exposition. OF which the
art gallery is the most remarkable
thing. Never has there been such an
exhibit of British paintings, drawn from
the mansions and palaces of England.
After being most royalty entertained by
Mr.. A. L. Allen for three days, we went
to his home in Selkirk, where we saw
the Common Riding an ancient and
quaint custom. Dryburg Abbey, the
burial place of Scott, is a very impress
sive ruin and kept sacred to the man
the finest ruin in Scotland, and Abbotts-
ford, the home of Scott, were visited,
and st. Mary's Loeb, via the classic vail
leys of the Ettrick and Yarrow. A beau
tiful statue Of James Hogg, the Ettrick
shepherd, overlooks the loch, as his
memory pervades the valley. A week or
more in picturesque Edinburgh only
gives glimpse OF the things interesting
literary and historical. Walter SCOTS
monument is the most beautiful thing of
the kind in the world. The Forth bridge,
that marvellous feat of engineering:
Rosyln Chapel, little gem Of chapel:
Holyrood castle, Edingurgh castle. Cal
ton Hill-are only a few of the shrines
tourist pays homage to. A coast
steamer trip on the west coast of Scot
land to the island of Lewis Stornoway,
where Blacks Princes of Thule, was
laid, occupied a week. On the return trip
we left the steamer at Mallaig, going by
rail to Fort William and from there by
steamer to Oban. the popular summes
resort of Scotland. To Pitlochy via Loct.
Tay-a delightful trip-brought US to TIL
scene of the battle of killecrankie, tlis
pass thru which we walked. The falls d
TUNNEL are visited from here. Fisher;
Hotel alone would make Pitlochry wort.
visit-and let me say that the hotess
of Scotland are excellent. In fact, we
have not found poor one and the hos
pitality of the people is something which
has no limit. St. Andrews, of golf fame,
is very old and interesting town, with
its cathedral and castle ruins. Here Mr..
Howe had the satisfaction of seeing Mr..
Carnegie made an LII. D. Perth, the
city of the Fair Maid of Perth whose
shnnSaa jS cti11 m iS fta 1for ,f <1ao
dyeing and cleaning works in Scotland
The old city of Stirling has magnifi-
cent monument to Wallace. The old cas-
tie is now used as a barracks. The field
OF Bannockburn is best visited from
here. also Calender, the gateway to the
Trossachs, from which one coaches to
the Trossach hotel. With Scott's Lady
of the Lake for a guide book, you go
from here thru Loeb katrine and Loeb
Lomond. The Burns country to every
lover of Burns, is interesting beyond
expression. Ayr, the birthplace and
boyhood home; the Alloway kirk; the
old bridge a Doom, where we encoun-
tered an old man who recited Tam
O'Shanter;' Mossgiel, the farm home
where Burns lived when first married
and where he wrote To Daisy. etc, lis
near; Mauchline, on farm in EIlisland
where he wrote Tam O'Shanter. is
reached from Dumfries, where Burn,
spent the last years Of his life and wher
he is buried. Craig -in-Puttoch, II
moorland farm where Thomas Carly
lived when he wrote 'Sartor Resartus
is a lonely place presided over by a
niece of CARLYLE, and Ecclefecan, his,
birth and burial place. has seen few
changes. From Scotland we came down
to the lake district of England-Words-
wcrthshire, as Ruskin called (which
is beautiful enough to inspire any poetic
soul and where every spot is hallowed
ground. forever endeared by those who
made their homes observation-disclosures
Coeridge. Shelly. Ruskin. The Ruslin
monument has just been erected and the
grass is worn by the feet of many pill
grims. Durham, York and other inter-
esting places we visited on our way
here. 1t has all been delightful"
TRAVELLER