New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-15
SIS vRDrS LYRIC LIFE IN ANCIENT EGYPT Z&Sasa

practice or strolling through the Nationa, -,
iery once week must esteem il a high r,.,, '
10 see Lord Leeonheld's magnificent coraa.' Sss
ana "hen the tour OF the rooms is eor,,,~'
'hey VIII want TO go back to see vana.-,'
NOBLE ladies ana the Turner's again. ana =
suo'ro hoioein among the GrinIing cfks'
earFinss-the realistic portrait Of Henry yyy--
which is worth a dozen rapid sketcbos "a VII,
~ '"e Ducness OF Milan purchased Tor the ~
donal Gallery. While Gainsborope6 -. .'e Va
CURED by foreign travel what Revno,1s .er ae-
cred the grand style of painting bs 'i'
Vandycks at Petworth. and that was y, We
education in art. cal
Arundel. with its traditions ne a.
conquest. the Fitzalans and the Ho,,,r,. s'''aa
as many as three sieges. is the most n,o,,,. 'Aa
castle in Sussex. Ordinarily onlv tbe -1eu'
keep is shown. but this summer the CASH, -''4'
was rebuilt after being left In ruins b e. mug
lam Waller and the Cromwellians and - 'N''
quently enlarged and refashioned in tb,..~SN.
century style. has been opened 10 ,is,,o- s-''1'
two days. There is much modern const.,1as,' "a
and the severity of the Duke Of NorfoII,, 11'0a'
sasticism is revealed in many Of the altsr..'-
and finishing touches: but there is Tho .o"'
phere of an ancient feudaI castle. win,
f0Qua
terranean Passages. winding staircases ana ~
parts; and there are uodernized towers -
and drawing rooms filed with portraits t. -~''
tries and curiosities. and there are broad nro.
poets Of the break in the South Dov-ns -
they are pierced BY the Arun on the seawa,a
edge; and also of the northerly reaches Of ~
magnificent park, with its billowy stretches /,
heather its woodlands and lakes and It's -.
cipitous slopes Of meadow Arundel ia ON !,
the glories OF West Sussex-a castle with . a.
tinctly medieval air in spite Of the moder, T..
provements and reservations. and with cow
manding site in a park of unrfvalled beauty
There Is COwdray Park. at Midhurst wb.,.
Queen Elizabeth shot deer and DR.. johnson n.,,
impressed with the splendid living Of Mis- a.
cestors. II has recently changed hands ana
there is now Liberal hostess, in svrnnaftv ,,.,s
budget Radicalism and flower shows. b,, -.
ivy clad Tudor ruin is a picturesque reminds,
the magnificence OF the Montagues and n.
modern house built by the Egmonts is Iikav h,
become a sumptuous place Of entertainment,
when the shooting cOverts are restored and i'm.
proved. At Parham IS Lord touches Eliza.
bethan mansion. with collections Of art treas
ures. antiquities and armor, and with sylvan
beauties OF landscape gardening all around II
Here at West Dean Is Mr. William Janes's bip
house and costly gardens. where the King and
the Prince OF Wales are often entertained. and
the shooting coverts stretch far and wide on ths
downs. so that record bags Of pheasants can be-
obtained during the autumn and winter Like
the other great houses among the SUSSEX hills
1t Is centre OF social life during Goodwood and
at the close e the year. when pheasant shooting
is at It's best. The owners have Scottish shoot
ings and London residences. and they are con-
stantly travelling on the Continent visitinga a.
country houses Their beautiful Sussex estates
are occupied perhaps three months out Of
twelve, but they always under sxceEsn,
management. and the gardens. lawns and COW
erts are kept in perfect order. When path
is followed through woodlands to high down
crowned with ancient earthworks, there Is
broad expanse OF park and woodland meadows
on every side. and the landscape has an sx-
quisite finish which cannot, perhaps. be equalsd
in other shires
Among the stately homes OF the titled and
the rich are places associated with men Of
genius who loved rural England and found 10
at It's gentlest and lOvelIest IN the South Downs
High on the crest OF Breakdown. TO the north Of
Midhurst. is Aldworth. where Tennyson used 10
watch green Sussex fading into blue Ths
house is embOwered in trees and the hill Is COW
cred with a wilderness OF wood and heather
but from the breezy commons lower down 'h'
white turrets and chimneys can be SEEN COD
denis birth house and the home where ne spent
the last days of a busy life are at West Levins-
ton. near the church. which was built for Man
ming before his secession from Angieanisn
That is retired and restful SPOT where mo
great free traders memory Is cherished N .
devoted daughter. and the grave Is IN nv
ehurchyard. Beyond HeyshOt. at the 1901 Oh ~'
downs. lives Mr.. La Thangue. one OF ms Os''
Academy painters OF farm and orchard scenes
and further along. with the beech and rr rores'
Overhanging IL on the high down. Is 1ns 0'a'
time home OF the Wilberforces. where the sr's'
Bishop OF Winchester took his holiday rest
times OF storm and stress when Anglicanism
was nearly wrecked: and outside the oeaunlu
lawns and orchards is his grave in the ehufca-
yard. with the tranquil spirit OF the sussex nll'
around It and the English lark eirclns msa
above H. W.