New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-10-06

HIGHWAYS AND BYwAYs IN nops
Joseph Pennen crown sy Win n na5ggstrasions by
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"ONuering IN London as. year or two ago.
ne wandered in Holland, Mr.. Lucas has coIlactAd
% impressions eninently interesting and
OoNe AL emlnently useful to the stranger in
nIe great English city. If the work is less pIct-
o1esque IMAM we expected to find It: If the author
iSs ohten strays into history and romance than
ing ms dutch tour; II he has provided what
- ciile1ly lively guide book there is no need
Ior protest. Heartily welcome is the guide book
ana heartily welcome. also. are the countless
suggested incursions into a wider field.
mere Is no one London at all he tells rs
Lohoon is country containing many towns of
"hich little central area of theatres and
music hails restaurants and shops historic
oUl4olhgs and hotels is the capital" This is
me capital. he adds. that strangers come to see.
ana 1t is this capital that he describes with
amplitude OF detail to its present phases not
forgetting 10 note the spots associated with past
ceieDrlties What of the Londoners of today
mere are none, he declares; there are residents
IN various parts Of London, but no essential
1]onooners The great city has no museum, like
the Paris Carnavalet, illustrating it's history
because there is no one OF whom you could say
ne is so proud Of London that he will do some
thlng for II The man who, for lack Of another
appeilaton, Mr.. Lucas is still forced to call the
Londoner, loves, he says ito wear shackles No
one accepts Sights and insults so much as a
matter OF course He may grunble little but
ne never really protests; and the next dav he
mas forgotten. The Londoner has no memory.
say II again and again; he has no memory
and no public spirit or real resentment" The
New Yorker will smile ruefully at one Ilustra-
ton Of the Londoner's tameness: HE pays his
dav
cheerfully stands for the whole journey home
hanging per1lously to a strap or hatrack, packed
closer than the Humane Society Ito which he
perhaps contributes) would allow any one to
pack creatures who lack immortal souls"
many an ancient Landmark, many a mansion
IN winch lived famous Englishmen, has gone
down before the hammer and axe of the specu-
lative builder IN recent years That ruthless
one has even cast eye on that beloved mon
astery Of the fourteenth century, the Charter
house, so inextricably associated with the mann
DRY Of certain black gowned pensioner, Colonel
Newcome, to wit He is surely more alive for
US than any prince monk who ever walked
through those ancient halls and grievous in
deed. remembering him. would seem the destruc-
ton of the building. AS it is, the revenue pro-
vided by the seventeenth century founder Of the
hospital for eighty gentlemen by descent and in
poverty" has become sadly reduced, and instead
OF eighty there are now only hfty-f1ve Brothers
OF Gray Frtars" who be cared for Where
is the wealthy Englishman who will restore the
Charterhouse endowment to it's former state
and preserve for uncounted centuries a building
SO already venerable?
Mr.. Lucas tells US strange things abou. +bA
characteristic London humor, the humor of the
street and the taDroom. It is essentially cruel
he says:
1t II Eejoices never. and Is merry only when some
fbe theft of VIII gsss icy from death itself
never laughs at nothing out OF clear sky It
i always suspicious and ncredu0as no alx sygoss
tempt or disbelief. 0
When is London the most desirable abode Of
all? For Mr. Lucas she has four seasons when
she is winning:
ana the clarity OF the atmosphere unite to lend
her an almost Continental brightness and charm;
Presages Of winter are the air and the few DAYS
electric excitement and anticipation nusSi 4 the
sueets, AIthough London beneath a May
OF winter begin 70 accumulate that TO me she is
but am cutie ready to leave herr R Her Nay
am glad that shall not be going away for a long
and naturally With the rst fog Of Novem Ys!G shs
eegihs 80. 70 De happy. Nov. one seems 10 hear her
very well, but clear air and warmth are not really
IS the bah Of 2 Efe ey s sr 2 99 9g and s In
be comfortable and gloomy again"
The greater number Of American readers who
know the county Of Dorset at all know it as the
''Wessex' OF Thomas Hardy, the scene of many
q real tragedy or comedy transmitted into fic-
ton Of wondrous power. The Dorset which Sir
Frederick Treves describes is the Dorset of
history, land of ruined castles and abbeys. and
ancient manor houses a land which saw the
body Of King Edward the Martyr murdered at
Corfe. borne across hill and plain TO his grave
in Shaftesbury; which witnessed the struggles of
York and Lancaster and the death of Queen
Margaret's son; the land through which Charles
II fed IN hiding after Worcester fight. The book
is full Of quaint stories OF the olden time Here,
for example is the curious tale Of the manner
In which the manor of Melplash came into the
possession OF the Paulet family. whose motto,
"Airrlez loyauIte," is still visible the CHM
ney piece in the hall:
in the fulness Of lime Walter More of Marnhull.
Among the descendants Of this gentleman was Sir
made Sheriff Of Dorset. he was a jovial being who
day after, 40 q9up 1919 Iv S tbs use d % SIpqhg
would be an excellent jest to let all the prisoners
loose out OF Dorchester gao To the jail then, the
~ warders ordered ali the prisoners to BE-
set free. The command OF a Sheriff IN Tudor days
t9 E l' and doors thrown back with silent protest
The inhabitants OF dorchester there and then en-
mig for their lives down the streets TO the open
gaoI gade bu LEI loose from Kennel Tbat Tba
Tarders sat in the empty prison that night and
talked the matter over with upturned eyes and up
lifted hands may Ee g De egin f6ot the
poweTs in the land considered the exploit OF the
Thomas, indeed had 70 seeh a PARDON from the