The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-08-02
LETTER FROM EUROPE.
eird's Eye View OF England, Scotland
and She City OF Paris.


ard she City OF Paris.
Glasgow, Scotland, July 20, 1905.
editors Intelligencsr:
We started on our journey Of sight
aeeing from Liverpool the morning OF
July 10Th. Our srst stop was az his.
torioal old Chester, The city stands
alone amongsk ell tie ancient towns
aud cities Of Great Britain, unique in
It's architectural character. No citv
in England oau boast Of walls go per-
feet and 80 continuous as Chester,
and walk around them on o fine aud
clear day is never likely to be forgot.
ten by the visitor.
We took Q stroll around the walls
for some two miles and we came to q
mouldering old tower, part Of the
MEDIEVAL Sortifications of the city.
Three hundred years ago it was known
as "Newton's Tower" but at the
present day it is called the Phoenix
Tower. Looking up % we approached
it, We read on an inscribed tablet the
startling announcement: liking
Charles the First stood on This Tower
Sept. GATH, 1915, and saw his Army
Defeated on Rowton Moor" We
went Up iL.o the tower aud looked out
ee the same window that King Charles
looked through that sad September
day and saw his gallant cavaliers
borne down by the grim soldiers of
Oliver Cromweil's army.
After visiting other ancient and his
torioal places, we maae our departure
for London, dist. .poe Of about one
hundred and fifty l4iles, though we
made the trip very quickly, as the
road beds are fine and ell doubled
tracked, and were on q special through
train, only two stops in that distance,
an average run Of about sixty miles an
hour. All tho cars look small and
squatty, and what looked so very odd
to US was that the doors are on the
side of the cars, and about six doors
to the car, aud the engines all
look as though they had not been
finished, as they haven't much ma.
ohinery on top or on the outside and
they: are much smaller than ours.
Well, we arrived in the heart of Lon
don in the afIeracca. We felt like
exolaiming, Behold! The Length, The
Breadth, The Immensity, The Dem
sity, the Gloom, The Glory. The
mind can hardly grasp the vastness of
this great city, with It's six million of
human souls, and taking in the su-
brrbs makes it over eight million,
over twice the size Of New York. The
distance across the city from North to
South is about th;rty-five miles; from
East to West is about twenty miles.
London is the tourists first Mecca.
Starting from our hotel the first morn.
ing we visited the Victoris Embank-
ment. This has en- ntirely transform
ed the north bank of old Father
Thames into stately espjansde, ez-
tending from Westminster Eeidge to
Blsokfrairs Bridge, with, Westminster
close by, displays q picture worthy OF
the grandest fights Of Imagination.
We retraoe our steps but short dis
:anoe past the house OF Parliament,
and now we stand before the Great
Westminster Abbey. What Taemo-
ries crowd upon the brain! At our
feet lie the bones of some Of Eng
lands noblest and best. We bow
our heads and reverence nation
abat; knows how to honor her, worthy
sons and !, daughters, scholars. war
TioTs, rulers, etc. Here we notice the
statues or busts of Wordsworth (1850.)
Charles Kingsley (l875.) DR.. Arnold
of Ruby Q842). In the south aisle
Of the Choir the most notable monu-
ments are those Of Isaac, Watt, the
hymn, writer of (l748), and Charles
and John Wesley (l798) and (179I,) We
have now reached the Poets corner,
to many visitors the most interesting
part Of the Abbey. The TRANSCRIPTS
famous throughout the English
speaking world, for here are memo
rials Of all our greatest writer's, and
poets-Browning 1880, Tennyson
1892, near at hand is bust Of Loog-
fellow 1882, Milton (1674), Gray
(l77D. The monument Of Shake
speare (l616), adjoins that Of Burns
(178G, while Dickens (lS7O),
Thaekeray (l860 are near to each
otksr.
The south aisle contains a monv.
ment to Mary Queen Of Scots (behead
cd 1857. In the north aisle is buried
Queen Elizabeth (l603).
We next visited the Kings Palace,
situated in. the midst Of Parks. The
present immense edifce was erected
In. 1926 ct cost Of nearly five million,
but was not occupied until Queen
Victoria aeeended the throne in
1887. s 3s9..
Our next point Of interest was the
Tower Of London. It 10 one Of the
s,,es.. :ss Interesting ..sS= buildings in London,
as it covers the whole range of Eng
lish history from Saxon. times. It
dates back to the day Of William the
Qenaae:sr il 1878. This Tower Gov
ers thirteen acres of ground. We
would like to give the interesting his.
tory Of this Tower, bnt time and space
forbid. We can only give a brief
sketch OF each place at this time.
We visited 81. Paul'a Cathedral.
This. is; one of che finest Cathe ra,s in
tho world This grand smok ke-stsined
building is tho oveFshadowinR festure
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