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Illuminated his thought, rather belied his
gentle character as 3 man

undertook editing the dictionary Of Ma
tionai Biography, his finely-cut face and
ascetic sparseness, his figure bent and his
wonderful conversational powers almost
uhough not quite1 negatived by very
nearly total deafness, will find it hard to
picture the man who, in his earlier years,
added to his literary and scholastic dis
tinctfons the honor of being one of the first
presidsents OF the Alpine Club. Of having
been the first to make the ascent of the
R0thhorn and the Schreckhorn and of other
adventures among the mountains. of which
the details ALL may be found in his delightful
DOCK, The Playground of Europe and
also In the wonderful essay. "A Bad Five
Minutes In the Alps" which 10 included in
ms Essay on Free Thinking and Plain
A master Of English. Leslie Stephen was
OF the KIND whose fame comes to them late:
He never strove for public recognition. and
directly opposed to his receiving it. The
facts that his philosophy is mainly negative.
that his humor is ironic. that his thought
Is almost excessively subtle, and that, al
though he was once a clergyman Of the
Church of England, he was throughout his
lie almost violently anti-sacerdotal. were
not OF the kind to conduce to his immediate
popular acceptance.
There can be little question. however, that
In the considered estimate of his contem-
poraries, as by the unanimous opinion of
the generation that succeeded him, he Is to
pc regarded as one of the leading figures
In the glorious assembly of nineteenth CEN
July EuSuSH prose writers.
New Highway and Subway.
The new highway from Holborn to the
Strand, which the London county council
has In hand, Is in a fair way of completion,
and If it has revolutfonized the old his
toric locality after fashion not very ac-
ceptable to antiquarians, there is no doubt
that it will afford immense practical con-
venience to passengers
Tlr1f he l, he
the only method of reaching Holborn di-
rect. A subway Is in course Of cons 'uc-
ton, In which a shallow tramway will run
similar to the Boston subway. Starting un-
derground near the new Gaiety, it will run
under Kingsway and Holborn, coming to
the top of Southampton row, and joining
the existing tramway line at Theobalds
road.
Eventually there is an idea Of carrying
it under the Strand to Waterloo bridge, but
this is a dream of the future. However,
the work is being pushed on the northern
side of the Strand, and promises well.
Fine Arts Exhibition.
as London beautiful" is the question
raised In an Introduction to the exhibition
Of engravings of London at the Fine Art
Society's galleries. That it was beautiful
is sufficiently proved by the engravings
themselves. which deal chiefly with Lon
don under the Georges The London of
Hograths pungent full-blooded satire, of
the delicate views of Samuel Scott, the
English Canaletti, of the riotous Rowland
son, and the gentle Pugin, Is displayed in
hundreds of examples.
We see st. Clement Danes in its brand
newness, Piccadilly much as it Is today
men in the pillory beside King Charles
statue at Charing Cross and the heads OF
Scots rebels at Temple Bar. Trees seem
to abound in this vernal London. and every
new square and street was carefully drawn
and colored for the benefit OF foreign Cities
as we can see by the fact that the titles
are usually given in French or German.
It Is curious to see these pictures gathered
together In galleries where London artists
Of today (who, Of course, leave their mod
ern London to the photographer are ever
showing their pictorial appreciation of the
Riviera, or the Tyrol. or Teneriffe, or any
where, in fact. but their own city. Yet
modern poets say that London Is beautiful
Plethora of Amusements.
When London wishes to enjoy Itself 1t
has no lack Of opportunity. the twenty
seven central and twenty-six suburban the
aters having a seating accommodation for
some 65,OOO people, and they are often all
open on the same evening" e-L5s
But an elaborate report ron places OF
amusement just compiled by the LONDON
county council shows that the theater ac-
commoda ton Is only a small proportion
of the total facilities for amusement which
the metropolis affords In all there are 54l
buildings having provision OF this charac-
ter, and the total seating accommodation
Is over 100000
There are no fewer than forty-three music
halls or similar places where variety en-
tertainments are provided, ana tneir ca
pacity is only just short of $1,000. Then
there are many miscellaneous places ike
the buildings at Earl's Court, Madame Tus-
saud's, the Crystal Palace, and the Alex
andra Palace. at some of which the popula-
ton Of a fairly large city could be enter
tanned at one time.
Famous Heirlooms at Auction.
The famous Townshend heirlooms are to
come under the hammer at Christie's early
next month. The heirlooms comprise 1876
pictures, including several Sir Joshuas
Hoppners, Gainsboroughs. Hogarths, Van
Dykes and Rubenses, and some splendid
examples of the Dutch school.
Most of the works are family portraits,
and are sold by the Marquis Townshend
with the sanction of the court of chancery.
Lord Townshend recently succeeded to the
title, and heavily incumbered family es-
tates.
After being visible for some days to his
immediate friends. Sir William B. Rich
mond today permitted the public to exam
Inc, at his studio in Chelsea, the monument
to Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone, destined for
Hawarden Church.
This monument, commissioned by Mr..
Henry Gladstone, takes the form Of a
double tomb on which, as In many i'm
pressive medieval examples, the figures Of
husband and wife lie side by side.
The statesman, represented as one who
had just passed the prime Of life. Is in ac-
ademic robes, Mrs. Gladstone in a dress OF
simple folds. Over their heads bends an
angel with outspread wings; at their feet
is the symbol of wisdom; between them a
large crucifix having the symbols Of the
four evangelists
The roof of the tomb Is borne by caryatid
figures symbolizing the Christian religion
and in relief are represented Homer, Dante
and Maternity. At this moment the monu-
ment is in plaster, but Sir William Rich
mond intends Immediately to set to work
on the marble, which he hopes to finish in
about year. The model will probably be
at the 1905 academy. L. H. MOORE.
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