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I "A YEAR IN Il EUROPE. BY walter w,
Moore, u. D.. Ill D., President Of
Union Theological Seminary Published
and sold by the PRESBYTERIAN Committee
on Publication. Richmond, Va. sSSS
I. Il pages. Price SIPS net.
Or. NIoores book begins with his land
ing at southampton, England in the
month of June, the year 1902 Before en-
tering upon the description OF, his travels
the Doctor devotes some space TO a re-
view Of his voyage from New York d 70
southampton, made in the steamship
Bremen. The personality OF the SHIPS
company and the incidents Of crossing
are presented to view In a very graPhlc
aud entertaining manner.
III his mention OF southampton, after
with Canute the Dane, William the Con-
queror William Rufus. the Crusaders
and the Mayflower. DR.. Moore declares
that his chief reason for devoting some
time to the old &cityis his desire to see the
statue there OF the Rev. Oh. Isaac Watts.
a man who, as the writer observes, has
established wider, more real, more be
neficent and more lasting reign over hu-5
man hearts than many Of the carrier,
English kings were able to achieve.
Il, q cha pter where ne next writes about
W,
gives vent to his admiration Of rural Eng
land In the following charming para
graph: 9ss al ( S5. gS5 .s&
n ..,l,he farmers were cutting the lush
grass in some places, impregnatinS inc
air with tho delicious fragrance OF new
ll,own hay. III; other fields the wheat
was standing thick, with here and there
blaze of scarlet popnies, sometimes an
acre or two in extent, a solid mass OF
brilliant rad, no green or other color vts-s
5,ble at ALL Still prettier, If possible !. are
l,alf-ripe grain, 10 oking like ruby hub Dies
on, a gently moving, sun-ait sea.
5ES OF Winchester, England, one is inform
"a by Dr. Moore that Winchester, then,
with, her ancient cathedral and her an
Client school with her Alfred tho Gre at
her Izaak Walton and her i honlas Is en-
with her wealt h of heroic and gentle andN
SANITY memories, has gtHen two 8oi tho
most profitable days of our solourl1 IN
Southern England. q
V In regard to London. DR. Moore be-
3lieves that Byron's description, given here,
records the very impression that a t,.lv--8
seler receives. Byr7on s lines dia1 tho Pic
.ture Of IS
"a mighty mass of brick andssnloke and
s shipping.
Dirty and dusky. but as wide as eye can can
reach. g U.s. g 55a5
With here and there sail Just skipping
in sight: then lost amid tho forestry
or rlsssts; q wilderness of5steeples pecping
On tipfoe through ,isei,, ea-coal cano Ply;
4 X fsIga. dun cupo!a like foolscap crown
On a fools head-a I'd there is London
vs. toNu. IA 58E
The very interesting chapters Of d..
Mpore. $ book are ;lacsa an which the aus
thor gives The English View OF the
fIf3urtt, OF July and How the English
rG Americans. In beginning one
on tie English House OF Commons. DE- pr.
Moore observes: IT re nominal ruler Of
The British Empire is His Majesty Ed "a
ward VII The real ruler is the House
OF Commons ~ "a &
II The comparison drawn between the nall
OF the House of Commons and thai OF the
House Of Lords. as cnntrasted with the
hall of the House of Representatives and
the Senate chamber IN Washington, D. c..
will be noted with interest by allsfeadess
DIR. Moore afterward finishes taa refer
ence 10 his visiting the English Parlia-
ment In this way:
Zone of5the most strikiEE things" he
says, about the House ~ Commons 70.
the view of an An1ei,icah visitor ia. tie
weIl-groomed appea ran &c Of nc members
They are !nva1iaoy altiF..i III fa,lli acss
Itrince Albert ccdLS, nften With boni6h-
Mere on the lapel. and they all wear silk
hats, which, by tho way, tlloy are not ex-t
pected to take off during the si;iinss.a ex-
cept when asdres ssag the Honae. 1t is
said to bG'tht; bcst-dTessed assembl; in
Y the world, and is in sharp contrast with
sstte more democratic and unconventional
not to say slovenlS mode of dressing
which obtains in the American House OF
Representatives.
.9 chapter on "Cambrldge and Her
o1,t, at l,Sf
q which the Doctor proceeds on his journey
..FTom England to Scotland with a Very
evident delight ut greeting the latter
country. g.
ITO one who, like myself, writes DIR.
& Moore, regards Sir walter Scott as the
Il greatest novelist that ever lived the OPP
3portunity to visit his home at Abbotts-
ford and his grave at Drybnrgh and TO
drink In the exquisite beauty Of tho
Tweed valley, Is on, 10 be thankful for
s indeed tits easy to read anything 30
spontaneously and delightfully."- written as
DIR. Moore $ Impressions Of Some English
& and Scotch Preachers and OF Scottish
2 Character" An aneriote illustrative of
Scotch Strictness i'll Sabbath keering
tells one that
"a depout Scotch minister once stopped
4 at IA country inn, in the northern part Of
his native land. to pass Sunday. The day
was rainy and close. and toward night.
as he sat in the little parlor OF The inn.
I he suggested to his landlady thatit would
be desirable TO have one Of the windows
raised, so they might have some fresh
air in the room.
Mon" said the old woman, With stern
disapproval written plainly on her rug
ged face. "dnna We ken that We can hae
& no fresh air In This house on Tho Saw
BATH"
Stirling, the lakes and Glasgow are a
delight indeed 10 the reader who looks i
n them through DR.. Moores eyes So also.
his views of Inverness and Memories OF
Flora Macdonald pr, Moore, in re-
fepring 10 the famous heroine OF ScottiE
s. great novel. "Waverly," - dwells upon the
Il fact of her residence with her husband
and family for several years from l77i
10 1878 in The State Of North Carolina, of
her return TO Scotland ana her burial
place in the Kilmpir churrhyard al The
north end Of Skye, Rngby and oxford
share one's interest subsequently with