Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-24
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

arches?. American builders do not use
them enough.
Richardson. who gave the world the
characters of Pamela and Clarissa, lived
in a big house in North End, Fulham
1t had a brick wall, surmounted by the
inevitable iron fence. and behind 1t
grew nice tree. There appears to be
front porch, festooned with a vine,
showing up we'll against the stucco
| front.
Goldsmith'S house, in Canonbury, is
one of the most impressive shown. 1t
seems of Norman architecture, with
three main divisions, with a great wall
| and gate, such as the English love
There is tall shrub peeping over the
wall.
When Goldsmith died. in Q Brick
court, an ugly square building, much
/ like all such places the world over, Sir
Joshua Reynolds laid his brush aside
left his study, and entered it no more
that day. we are told-a thing he had
not been known to do even in times OF
great family distress.
Staples Inn, where DR.. johnson once
lived, Is shown in typical beam and
stucco construction. His house, In
Cough Square, is solid as the man. The
street runs beneath part of the ad-
|
touch.
The inn in which Boswell first met
Johnson Is given--a four-story affair,
with typical first-fioor windows. The
top-story windows have small iron bal
comics.
Johnson's corner, in the Cheshire
Cheese, shows painting of the old
gentleman, books, ornamental jugs, a
typical corner near the fire, where booky
people would like to linger.
Blake, the strange genius only now
beginning to be appreciated, lived in a
typical row house in South Moulton
street. No. II is four stories, with i'm
preSSive door and the usual fenced-in
small front yard.
His house, at 90 Hercules road, has a
wooden fence, and is distinguished by
sets of three windows together on each
of the three stories.
Romney'S house, in Hampstead, is
what we call In this country half brick,
with frame second story. Constable's
| house, in Charlotte street, has nothing
to distinguish it. except the chimney,
which has at least FIVE small stacks
Most of the other English houses shown
have similar or larger number of
| divisions-we do not know whether one
for each fireplace or for some other
purpose.
Keats house, in Hampstead, is rather
more ornate than the stolid British
homes so far seen. 1t is of two stories,
with semi-flat roof. The windows, of
the easement type, are set in large semi
circular depressions in the wall. There
is here an iron railing, rather than a
fence, but its plain import is Keep out
De Quincey's house, in Soho, has on
| 1t modest sign. so common in Europe,
Hotel de pUnivers."
Shelley's house, in Marchmont street,
Is distinguished by wide iron balcony
acress the two windows and part of the
doorway. A bit of vine at one end
| lightens the effect.
Habits house reminds one of homes
| to be seen on Massachusetts, avenue.
Thomas Day, queer fellow with the
| courage of his convictions, lived at SO
Wellclose square, In a little two-story
| house, distinguished by an arched door
and fine fence.
| Wills Coffee House, in Russell street;
| Lambs house, in Colebrooke row, with
| its two upper windows and one lower,
midway, for all the world like a face;
George Eltot's home, in Wimbledon
Park, with its great wall, wide gate,
with two trees. and her home in Chel-
sea, remarkably like the Longworth
home on Massachusetts, avenue-these
are few of the remaining pictures.
| Leigh Hunts houses are charming,
aside from their memories. Fine is
Lambs cottage at Edmonton with its
brick and iron fence. One must not
take the English too seriously with
their cottages these with them often
are finer than our "houses" and
homes"