The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-23

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I f,NpON. Oct. 22.-Thousands OF
sr;cans of Anglo-Saxon stock have
Led somo time or other, they couid
20 the misty past and trace the
I'm along which their family line has
III Why not! Everybody has long
II y NJ descent, to be sure. but they are
n nniformly interesting. Proud peers
,5 leaders of rank and wealth haun,
In nediprees in the face Of the worid
<on,c the real goods. others patched
Il eobbled by the skilful hands OF
ert renealogists to cover the doupt'
y snots on the family cscutcheon. Os,
<fstion PLAYS big part In much OF
"A blood boasting. But even the quiet
Ia and woman, free from false priue
bracgart insolence. often would IKE
|Iift the veil at least Il little and peer
nd way back towards their origin.
~ can il be douc2 | VIII indicate
IA way-the hardest and the slowest,
II the surest of all the ways;
IA must have happened TO almost eV-
n American of the thousands VINO
Ii the British museum that. on en-
rinp the massive entrance, he has pro-
,6ded straight across 1t to where, dun
seen through couple OF toiding
.ora a Green walled corridor leads in
Hngly right into the heart of the
t;JdinP. And to every eager, infor-
sfion.seeking traveller has come the
mo- experience. Two gigantic, blue
afed figures have suddenly arisen to
N the wav. The, row of medals on
~ breast betokens them old soldiers,
n now thev wear the uniform of the
Irish museum. and obey its behests.
nv politely. with the utmost gentle.
Ia. The westcrner is turned from his
ward course and shepherded towards
b historical manuscripts on the right,
. the stairway leading 10 the Egyp-
hi antiquities on the left.
Iiterarv habitues Of the museum have
|bbed these stalwart officials the
Iions.' for. like the king of beasts
10 guarded the enchanted garden in
& fairy tale, they watch the entrance
a literary plcasauncc. garden
bere all the choicest fruits Of the hui
Lii intellect are stored. where history
les shape, the lamp of philosophy is
ndled. and the arts aud sciences find
illiaut expression--thc British mu-
nm library. the largest and most val
bic collection of books the world has
'er secD.
Scholar Is Wise.
But Tue literary American does not
Axe this mistake. The scholar is
|Ber in his generation than the un"
Rfned globe trotting tourist He finds
difficuIty in gaining access to this en-
|antcd land For in no capital Of E,o-
pc is admission 10 the national Ii
ary granted so quickly. or with such
free hand as at the British museum,
1uipped with recommendation from
b American ambassador or some Brit
b friend, the student procures from
e museum Office small square of
rdboprd crossed with a mystic blue
le. This is the reader s ticket -
b magic passport which for three
)nths will carry him uuquestioned
BE tho guardians at the gate and
Ike him free of tho great reading
om With its two million odd volumes.
; can take his choice of the manu-
rIpt collection. full of autograph let
IS dear 90 American hcarts-letters
Washington, Longfcllow and Ben
hin t'ranklin-the oriental room, the
Fspaper room, or the old family and
'al records that bold the lost links
the broken chain Of memory.
furnlshed with this fpasse- partout,
E visitor passes through the double
tnging doors. now courteously held
en- for him by the bluc-uniformed
rtcrs. traverscs the green walled cor.
Tor, pushes open another heavy door.
d finds himself in The great round
ading room Of the British museum.
gh above his head towers the I'M
ense dome, the apex Of which is loo
e from the ground. Below the dome
four and twenty tall double win
VS., letting in vision of the cloudy
1giish skies. Between these windows
Q walls are painted delicate gray,
ckcd out with dull gold a combiua-
>n of coloring Infinitely refreshing TO
es fatigna! with poring over the
ose lines Of print. From below tho
Indows TO the ground. nearly ninety
ef, The walls arc hidden by a con
nuous coating Of books ranged on end.
ss shelves, and reached by narrow
Hlerlcs. Here, in this beautiful sun
room, IN an atmosphere of perfect
|ence and calm, sayants. students and
'dlgrec hunters from I'll parts nf the
orld arc gathered together In the
ng dim galleries. behind the reading