Descriptive portraiture of Europe in storm and calm; twenty years' experiences and reminiscences of an American journalist, sketches and records of noted events, celebrated persons and places, national and international affairs in France, Spain, Germany, Great Britain, Holland, Belgium, Austria, Hungary, Roumania, Turkey-in-Europe, Switzerland and Italy . , Duke of Glouces-ter, and at his death, the manor and thepalace reverted to the Crown. HenryVIII., who was born at Greenwich, wasvery fond of the old town, and spentlarge sums of money in the an ancient chronicler, of sumptuous
Descriptive portraiture of Europe in storm and calm; twenty years' experiences and reminiscences of an American journalist, sketches and records of noted events, celebrated persons and places, national and international affairs in France, Spain, Germany, Great Britain, Holland, Belgium, Austria, Hungary, Roumania, Turkey-in-Europe, Switzerland and Italy . , Duke of Glouces-ter, and at his death, the manor and thepalace reverted to the Crown. HenryVIII., who was born at Greenwich, wasvery fond of the old town, and spentlarge sums of money in the an ancient chronicler, of sumptuoushouses. Greenwich, sa3s Lambarde, was, when Henry VIII. came to thethrone, a pleasant, perfect, and princelypalace. There the king married hisfirst wife, Katharine of Aragon ; there heastonished all P2nglaiid by introducingat the feast of Christmas, in 1511, amasked dance ^ after the maner ofItalie ; and there, in 1533, the PrincessElizabeth was born. Greenwich Hos-pital, which covers a wider area than anyroyal palace of England except Windsor,is, to my thinking, one of the finestbuildings on the Thames. There isnothing in central London, not even EUROPE IN STORM AND CALM. 535 1 ?^ \ 1 11 5 1 \1 ^. 536 EUROPE IN STORM AND CALM. Somerset House, which can be comparedwith it. Its lofty cupolas and its hand-some colonnades rival in beauty the finestof the continental palaces; and the painted hall is one of the most uniquemuseums in P^urope. From the observ-ator} there is a pretty view of the riverand the perpetual procession of is said that this observatory^ standsupon the site of a tower which, in Eliza-beths time, was called Mirefleur, andis supposed to be the Tower of Mira-flores, referred to in the celebratedromance of Amadis de Gaul. In Woolwich, over opposite, but fewthings of importance have e^er hap-pened. The town is mean and poor inappearance, straggling along the Thamesside in uncomely fashion. The inhabi-tants have a local witticism to the effectthat more wcalt
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