. Peeps into Picardy . tiations on the part ofEngland being conducted by Cardinal Wolsey. Now, leaving its history for a time, it willbe well to return to the absorbing interests ofthe town itself. As Ruskin so aptly expresseshimself in his Prcsterita: But for cheerful,unalloyed, unwearying pleasure, the getting insight of Abbeville on a fine summer afternoon,jumping out in the courtyard of the Hotel deIEurope, and rushing down the street to seeSt. Wulfran before the sun was off the towers,are things to cherish the past for—to theend. It is a: little different now from whatit was in Ruskins ti
. Peeps into Picardy . tiations on the part ofEngland being conducted by Cardinal Wolsey. Now, leaving its history for a time, it willbe well to return to the absorbing interests ofthe town itself. As Ruskin so aptly expresseshimself in his Prcsterita: But for cheerful,unalloyed, unwearying pleasure, the getting insight of Abbeville on a fine summer afternoon,jumping out in the courtyard of the Hotel deIEurope, and rushing down the street to seeSt. Wulfran before the sun was off the towers,are things to cherish the past for—to theend. It is a: little different now from whatit was in Ruskins time. Unfortunately oncrossing the bridge, just as a glimpse is caughtof the old towers, the attention is distracted bya hideous obelisk placed there in 1907. Thismonument has a plaque upon it, lustratingthe torture of a man on the rack ; beneath it iswritten : En commemoration du martyre duChevalier de la Barre, supplicie en Abbeville leI Juillet 1766, a lage de 19 ans, pour avoir omis1 Abbeville, by Monsieur Prarond,. H IKANSEPT, ST. RIQUIER. ABBEVILLE AND CRfiCY 125 de saluer line procession. It was undoubtedlyone in wliich the Host was being carried, a pro-cession which, in this day, one is expected tosalute. After leaving behind this ugly reminderof intolerance—which might easily with advan-tage be toppled over into the river, on thebrink of which it is conveniently situated—passon down the winding street, with old-worldhouses on either side, keeping the beautifultowers of St, Wulfran in view, until a positioncan be taken up in front of them from which toproperly contemplate their solemn beauty. Here before one is a magnificent specimen offlamboyant Gothic style, flanked by two superbGothic towers, In fine west fronts with apediment and two towers, the centre is always theprincipal mass, both in bulk and interest—ashaving the main gateway—and the towers aresubordinated to it, as an animals horns are toits head . , the purer method is to keep themdown in due relatio
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