Quaint corners in Philadelphia, with one hundred and seventy-four illustrations . is alarge, Mpiaie, pave. At Hie lower end, di-re, and de-litnle »»1 «lee(»ration, .mle>s a marblebu-l of Iatbri- and a tablet to his memory canbe >o tallfd. ()n the right side of the courtyard is thel»ou>e u-rd a> a dwelling Ity the j)rie>ts and as a is, like tbr t buivli, built of brick. It- doorway has aquaint ninindrr of nilni- elime> and carrKr ages in alittle pcrp-w indow tlnouL:li which tlic lay brotln r canin»p»tt all \i-itors before opening the e reach he woidtl not t
Quaint corners in Philadelphia, with one hundred and seventy-four illustrations . is alarge, Mpiaie, pave. At Hie lower end, di-re, and de-litnle »»1 «lee(»ration, .mle>s a marblebu-l of Iatbri- and a tablet to his memory canbe >o tallfd. ()n the right side of the courtyard is thel»ou>e u-rd a> a dwelling Ity the j)rie>ts and as a is, like tbr t buivli, built of brick. It- doorway has aquaint ninindrr of nilni- elime> and carrKr ages in alittle pcrp-w indow tlnouL:li which tlic lay brotln r canin»p»tt all \i-itors before opening the e reach he woidtl not trust himself GATFU \\ or sr J ^FPH > OLD SAINT JOSEPHS. 113 -^^^^ ^^^^Si. ll ^^m. r,| 1 ^^^^p^ % _ ^^i^ i ••s^sav-^a- OLD LAMP, ST. JOSEPHS. sometimes come there. Hiswords were an echo of me-ditevalism, and conjured uppictures of daring outlawsfiercely knocking at the gatesof the monastery they meantto pillage. The interior of the build-ing is as barren to the curi-osity seeker as the rooms of the originalhouse remain, but they havel)een thoroughly renovated. One or two quaint fireplaces have been preserved, butthey are in upper rooms, into Avhich none but theinitiated can enter. The place is, as Heine says, oldwithout anti(|uity. There is here, however, one ob-ject which is of interest to all lovers of art or of Phila-delphia. This is the first large and important picturepainted l)y Benjamin West, and presented by him tothe Jesuits at Conshohocken. It represents a womanin the conventional vScriptural dress giving a child adrink from a little bowl, while an old man stands be-
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