New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-09-19

richardson was frequent visitor; another in
the North Parade where John Wilkes was often
with his sister; and another close by where
Wordsworth stayed for several weeks These are
not marked. nor is Horace Walpole's in Chapel
Court, nor Gibbons home when he was visiting
MS stepmother. Southeys childhood was passed
IN a cottage opposite the Bathwicl fields. and
enough Of il remains to carry a tablet, although
II Is surrounded with sheds and shops Probably
Noierldse was also here during his wanderings
n somerset, although Lord Byron's sneer that
ne ana Southey married two Bath nilliners was
as false as ii was malicious
Inc ehost walks mainly in the lower town
among the raised terraces and boarding house
streets clustering around the Abbey. On the
Hlisioes beyond is the grandiose Bath Of circles,
crescehts and royal squares. planned on classical
hnes by the ambitious Woods, father and son,
ana retaining to this day its air of distinction.
Inc broad avenues leading out to the uppermost
cIesls are haunted with the shades of celebrities
1reaR Pulteney street is the approach to the
royal quarter. AT the entrance is the house
Where Pitt heard the tidinss of Austerlitz and
where Charles Y found a refuge after losing the
French throne. Embowered among gardens at
the opposite end Of the broad thoroughfare are
the houses of Queen Charlotte and William "
and one of the hating places Of Louis Napoleon
when he was intriguing for throne. Gay street.
where Mrs. PiozZis house has been commemo-
rated by a revel of the Johnson Club. leads TO
the sumptuous Circus. where Chatham's, Gives
and GainsborOugh's residences have been marked
by Lord Rosebery, Lord Roberts and Sir Walter
Armstrong. The history of this quarter has only
been begun. for Thackeray's Livingstone's, Sir
Thomas Lawrence's, Lord Leighton's and many
other names are lacking. Gairsborough's sitters
during decade would make q famous list by
themselves, and they were all under roof in
Bath. In ST. James's Square is the Dickens tab
let where Little Nell was conjured into exist
ence; not far away is Landor's other house with
a suitable inscription: and the houses of Pitman
and Anstey in the Royal Crescent are marked
There are tablets in Sydney Place where prim
Jane Austen nested near the royal cages after
fitting from one square TO another. and in Lans-
downe Crescent. where the author of "Nathek
built large house with fantastic tower on the
hill from which he could see Fonthill Abbey
through telescope. Up and down the sham
classic crescents and quaint promenades are the
wandering ghosts for wnom local habitation
has not been officially found: Wherefore, Sir
William Waller. Canning Fox, Roebuck Dis
raeli among the statesmen: General Wolfe and
Admiral Jervis. among the fighting men; Shen-
stone Sterne Srnollett Pope. Warburton, Thorn
son Berkeley Thirlwan. Napier Nautilus, SIR
William Draper, Fanny Burney, Miss Muiock'
Hawthorne and TennysOn, among the writer's
and Maclise Foote, Garrick and Mrs Sddons
among the painters and actors. With the adVen-
titious aid Of the enterprsing town council these
restless shades will be provided with comfort
able lodgings as rapidly as possible Traffic In
celebrities helps 10 advertise the city and TO re-
r7,o,.e the reproach that IL has fallen from It's
HIGH estate as a centre Of fashion and become
shabby-genteel / -