The colored American., 1902-08-30

England'S social and lnduStrlal prog
ress.
WESTMINSTER ABBEY.
Near by the visitor pauses at West
Minister Abbey, the greatest historical
building in London. In the form or
Latin cross it is of Gothic architect
ure. with its nave, choir and Transcripts
of early English style. 1t contains the
spot where since the coronation OF
William the COnquerer, 'Plantagen-
cts. TudOrs, Stuarts and HanoVerlan
dvnasties in turn have crowned their
kings and queens. In the SHRINE CT
Edward the COnfessOr. are monuments
and reaumbent figures of departed
sovereigns. There are the burial
n1aces of Elizabeth, Queen Mary, the
murdered princes, and Mary Queen OF
SCOTS in equal honor with Mary and
Queen Anne. And in the Poets Corner
| IS q monument to William Shakespeare,
the master singer of world songs. Is
there any wonder that Dickens wrote
a visit to Westminster Abbey is a
! thing to remember and respect.
THE TOWER.
Next to the Abbey in historical in
! terest is the Tower. Here Richard il
abdfcated in favor of Henry ". You
! recall how dark Shakespeare painted
Richard the III. When buckingham
| asked Richard III: -.
.sNow my lord. what shall we do II
we perceive Lord Hastings Will not
Weld to our complots?'
Shakespeare had Richard to say:
"Chop off his head;
! Something we will do.
In this same tower Richard murder
! ed the young princes of Edward w.
! and buried their remains, now in the
! Abbey. beneath the staircase. In the
| WARS of the Roses" you remember
this Tower was the prison for those
who in turn became the victims of de-
feat. And in the religious contests of
| the 18th century it opened its dun
oeons TO two queens of Henry VIII,
besides Sir Walter Raleigh and Sir
Thomas Moore.
THE NELS-N MONUMENT.
To Englands distinguished sons
there are monuments and there are
monuments. But the one at Trafalgar
Souare is incOmparably without a ri
val. Beautiful. imposing, magnificent
its lofty height is surmOunted by the
fuII figure of a man. while its rectan
, guIar base is adorned by lions in re
rose. Rising in one splendid column
it was erected by a grateful England
to the hero Of Trafalgar Bay. It reD
resents the defeat of Napoleon no les:
than the glory of Nelson, whose fame
love and stone, have combined to make
- immortal.
To be one of:
'Those dead sceptered sovereigns.
Who still rule us from their urns.'
y THE NATIONAL ART GALLERY.
A man of your splendid talents
+ knows that art appeals to the eye hk
r music to the soul. How I fingered il
p this gallery! 1t is to London wha
D the Royal Collections are to Madrid
] | Munich and Dresden, Florence and st
P Petersburg. On the walls are the mas
terpieces of the master-painters. Tn
| greatest of HOgarth, Gainsborough
Turner and Reynolds, hang in equa
= honor with those of Rembrandt an
r Van Dyck, Raphael and Michelangelc
2 Of the many, I note but one, pictur
!. Of double interest. 1t adds to histor
= cal truth, the wealth of beauty.
s represents Dante loving at first sight.
?. One Summers evening, beneath a
{, Italian cIoudless sky, beautiful
$ charming. captivating Beatrice, wit
bnr attendants. walks in FlOrenc
along the ArnO. All at once, sh
T comes suddenly upon Dantei He is
y abashed that he shrinks and grasp
!, his heart. and fixing his gaze upon thi
q heautv. surrenders captive to a passion
=. 1o--o' This roaiOti0e piVeS TO tn