The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-14

contribute more than one country gen.
tleman and ninety-nine tenants posi-
bly, can to the strength and vigor of a
state
After all, the large estates are. insig-
nificant in number when compared
with the homes of the middle classes
in the various cities and villages, but
these are so much like the homes in
America, both in appearance and in
management that it is not necessary
to dwell upon them. The owners of
these homes are potent in parliament
airy elections, as are also the laboring
men, although the house of lords rep
resents the landed proprietors. more
than one-third of all the farm lands
in England being owned by members
of that body.
We took occasion TO visit some of
the shrines Of Great Britain. OF
course, no one place is so rich in his
toric memories as Westminster Alb
hey it being the burial place OF most
of the illustrious of England. One of
the most frequented places outside of
London is Stratford-on-Avon. the birth
place and burial place of Shakespeare.
The house in which he was born is
still standing. and is well preserved,
considering the years. that have passed
over it; from its size and arr 7ge-
ment it is evident that Shakes IS
father was a man of some means. The
house is Tow public property, and
serves as a museum where numerous
Shakespearean relics are exhibited
One oil painting Of him, made when
he was still a young man. would indi-
cate that even then he enjoyed some
distinction among his fellows, al
though succeeding generations have
tod hi
own.
The grammar school which. Shakes
peare attended is still 10 be seen. and
at the church they have the baptismal
font used at his christening and the
parish register in which his baptism
and burial are entered. His grave is
in the floor of the church. and there is
nothing to mark the stone slab that
covers it but the familiar linesi
Good friend for Jesus sake forbeare,
To digg the dust enclosed heare.
Bleste be We man vt spares theS stones,
And curst be he vt moves my bones"
AT Edinburgh we saw the home of
John Knox and were impressed anew
with the tremendous influence which
he exerted upon the religious life OF
Scotland. Seldom has it fallen TO the
lot OF one man so to stamp his thought
upon so many people. In Edinburgh
also stands the little chapel. less
known to tourists, in which the Cow
enanterS met and in which the Strug-
gle began between them and the
Church of England. IT is hard to be
lieve that so short a time ago there
was a bloody war between two
branches of the Protestant church in
which thousands suffered martyrdom
for their religious convictions.
! We visited Loeb Katrine and Loeb
Lomond, to which Scott has given a
permanent place in literature and after
seeing them viii not enter into a dis
pute with any Highlander, however eN-
travagant his praise of thete beautiful
lakes. And. if I may digress for a mo-
msnt, we also visited the lakes of XII
larney, OF which Moore sang. They
also are beautiful enough to move a
poets heart and inspire a poets pen
although. TO be truthful, 1 must assert
that Lake Tahoe, which shines like a
Jewel in the crown of the Sierras on
the boundary line between California
and Nevada. need not fear comparison
with any of the lakes of Scotland or
Ireland. In one thing, however, we
cannot compare with England, Scot
land and ireland, namely. the ivy-inan-
tied ruin. 1t is picturesque and pleas
ing to the eye, and yet who would ex-
change a plain cottage. occupied by q
happy family, for the crumbling vine
clad walls of tenantless castle?
From Glasgow we went by automo-