The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-07

fnSects, 100 anatomical preDar ,,o..
OF human bodies, parts of mumm,es g.
and q wealth OF curious misce,io A.
This collection was merged with othas.
to form the British Museum. One =,
the gentleman's Chelsea menage beea.
employment In Sir Hans's service in ~.
capacity Of mouse catcher, the mas,..
paying penny for each trio n, ~.
little rodents So diligent was he in t,.
prosecution of this interesting cauin.
that the careful employer lowered ths
price to a penny for four. The ,non..
catcher reports a device of his nrod.
cessor In office to swell this hunhi.
source of income: He used to cur ~.
mice In two and throw them on ths
floor to the cat, one half at n tirna
which she eagerly devoured in m.
presence OF our master, and so mposed
on him, which might easily be done a.
they were brought in by candle light in
the morning.; and this he prompted ma
to do, but my dear parents had in.
structed me better"
The extremes of fate and fortune mo,
in the life OF Dog" Jennings a
character" Of Lindsey row, M IN,
western end OF the Walk: a com.
mentary on the possibilities Of neigh.
b0rhood history, when the name n,
Henry Constantine Jennings, wholly ~
the earth earthly, liz brought into IN.
same chapter with that of Nicholas
Ludwig Count Won Zinzendorf of the
Moravian Brotherhood, founder OF the
colony" at Bethlehem, Pa. Jennings had
libraries and collections" OF the rlches,.
and spent his latter days wretchedly In
confinement for debt in Kings Bench
The other side of the career is mora
pleasantly represented In Cheyne Walk,
history by association with three Of tho
pioneer spirits who worked for prison
reform: DR.. Weeden Butler, whose
preaching inspired the establishment OF
the Society for the Relief OF Imprisoned
Debtors, and who lived for more than
thirty years at No. o In the Walk.
Mrs. Elizabeth Fry, Qnakeress; and
James Neild, philanthropist. Nelds
volume. "The State OF Prisons in Eng
land, Scotland and Wales extending
to various places therein assigned not
for the Debtor only but for the Felons
also and other less criminal Offenders,
Together with some useful Documents,
Observations and Remarks adapted to
explain and improve the Conditions In
general" was published in 1919 and
was a powerful factor toward improve
ment of prison conditions. His son
John Camden was an eccentric, miser.
soured by hard experience Of the worlds
idea Of justice, who left a fortune OF
100000 to Queen Victoria! AS there
were no relatives of the deceased, the
Queen accepted the bequest. making
first some generous provision for tho
executors and for friends whom the
decedent had overlooked. The King OF
the Belgians wrote in congratulation:
My dearest Victoria: That MIR. Neild
should have left that great fortune to YOU
delighted me. 1t gives the possibility of
forming a private fortune FOR tho Royal
Family. the necessity for which no one can
deny. Such things only still happen In
England. whore there exists loyalty and
strong affection for Royalty a feeling IN
fortunately much diminished on the Cont.
nent.
Another eighteenth century worthy
Of Cheyne Walk was DR.. Dominicetl, =
quack who made his baths fashionable
and profitable, revelled in controversy,
and in 1852 disappeared from "our de-
lectable village, overwhelmed with debt
and prosecuted by his creditors"
1t was at the Sign Of the Anchor, the
Chelsea porcelain factory, that Dr.
Johnson spent laborious days vainly en-
deavoring to demonstrate merit in his
improved" processes; his products in
variably collapsed In the firing.
Mr.. Blunt is a sprightly gossip. The
place and the people Of his concern are
interesting and his sketches do them
ample justice.