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make an ideal retreat for her in her great

make an ideal retreat for her in her great
affliction.
Both Barton Manor and Appleton Hall
are famous for their beautiful gardens.
King Edward was fond of playing GRO
Quet on the perfect lawns Of his Isle of
Wight residence, and. Queen Alexandra
spent many delightful hours among its
rustic footpaths. The princess royal has
already q keen personal interest in the
place. for she designed the decorative eff
fects Of Queen Alexandra's apartments;
The lovely old world garden at APP
pleton Hall. Sandringham, was modelled
by Queen Maud on that of the poet lau-
reate at Swinford Old Manor In the
grounds is romantic wishing we'll. con-
corning which a story is told. Look into
it, Queen Maud said one day to King
Edward. wish for something. and it will
be yours" King Edward gazed mourn
fully into the depths. Its no good my
wishing for anything he said. ruefully
without the consent of parliament.
Addition to Kings Library.
The kings library in the British Mu-
scum. the nucleus of which is the price
less collection of books and manuscripts
which belonged to George III, has just
received valuable addition in six vol
umes Of the autograph scores of Handels
most famous compositions. This is
noble gift to the nation by his present
been accessible to only the privileged few
who have been permitted to inspect the
royal library at Buckingham Palace.
They were open yesterday to the public
view in a glass case in the long room.
In the arrangement Of the MSS. only a
few of Handefs works meet the eye.
such as pages of the 1.-THE Messiah"
''Saul''-the Dead March-and 'Jephthah."
There is another autograph MS. score
of 1.-THE Messiah in London, the cele-
brated copy which Handel bequeathed.
along with his fortune, to the Founding
Hospital.
These precious pages of caligraphy in
the British Museum proclaim the man
impetuous. bold and rapid in his work,
but seized with changes of inspiration,
as we see in the numerous corrections.
erasures and blots. These are the origi-
nails in the rough, for Handel made no
his amanuensis. Johann Christopher
Schmidt. The coffee stain on the score
of 'Zadok the Priest is eloquent Of the
habits of the rugged genius as he turned
out his copy whenever the mood was
on him. The score Of "Jephthah. his
last great oratorio. is pathetic relic OF
the infirmity which brought tragedy to
his closing days. How Dark. o Lord,
Are Thy DEGREES" is the number shown.
shaky and uncertain in the writing, as of
darkness which was ultimately to be-
come total eclipse. This collection. high
ly important as it is, does not exhaust
the existing autograph MSS. OF Handel.
The Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge
possesses seven volumes. mostly sketches
and notes, for his greater works.
Seventeenth Century London.
have always. conceived Lincoln's Inn
Fields as the last rally of the seventeenth
century London, not only because the
west and south sides harbor SO many
buildings Of that period. but because they
still have their spacious forecourts. with
grass and moss growing between the
stones, guarded from the street by old
iron railings. and tall brick piers crowned
with large stone balls to add to their
seignorial air of leisure and alOofness-
The family solicitors who settled there
hundred years ago have done little to dis
turb the old squares repose.' But the
piercing of Kingsway through the region
has let air into the backs and spectators
into the fronts of ancient houses. There Is
now a big gap in the south side where
very comely old house had stood. and the
other night in passing through the square
saw the final scene in which that fine
small row Of buildings that tradition cred
its with lingo Jones as architect and the
Sandman embassy-some say Catherine
of Braganza-as founder was making its
exit.
With Romantic Gesture.
1t was doing so with mocking roman
tic gesture such as gentleman Of its pc
riod might have made down on the ground
with his adversary's sword at his throat
Lights were blazing behind the empty
window sockets and within the doorless
portal. In the cobbled forecourt another
fire was faming-nany a fire must have
famed there with lackeys and hnkboys
round it in it's time-and its Pickering
tongues lit up the facade, gliding anew
the Ionic capitals deepening the shadows
above the wooden shields that guard the
carved emblems on the pilasters which
are being saved for the London Museum.
and showing the bare outer wall of the
attic story.
1t was not the Gordon rioters back
again, but only the honest housebreakers
burning the old laths and rubbish too
poor to be carted away. 1t was strange
sight to see In the dark. silent old square.
while the other old houses seemed to sink
more heavily into their shadows. watch
ing the end, with their own drawing very
nigh. l.. III. MOORE.