The wonderful village; a further record of some famous folk and places by Chelsea reach . Some years ago an old gentleman who must havespent laborious hours over a stack of ancientnewspapers, brought me for purchase a parcel con-taining a speculative Baxter print, an engraving ortwo, and with them a collection of cuttings fromold journals, all relating to Chelsea. The Baxterprint was anything but Baxter, and did not appealto me ; but the old fellow had come a long way,and did not seem inclined to break up his parcel ;so as the cuttings seemed to promise some amuse-ment we struck a bargain, and
The wonderful village; a further record of some famous folk and places by Chelsea reach . Some years ago an old gentleman who must havespent laborious hours over a stack of ancientnewspapers, brought me for purchase a parcel con-taining a speculative Baxter print, an engraving ortwo, and with them a collection of cuttings fromold journals, all relating to Chelsea. The Baxterprint was anything but Baxter, and did not appealto me ; but the old fellow had come a long way,and did not seem inclined to break up his parcel ;so as the cuttings seemed to promise some amuse-ment we struck a bargain, and the package fellinto one of my Chelsea portfolios; where it haslain forgotten till a wet Sunday and a search forsomething else have brought it to the surface, andbeguiled me into spending an hour, which was tohave been devoted to more profitable studies, overthese quaint clippings from the Daily Mails ofour great-great-grandmothers. It is not always easy to tell how the things thatchance to awaken ones own interest may fare withthe fancies of others ; but I think that there are (256). I TJ^irr ranriliftiTiiiiiiitmrrtiiiilfll { futf oi tJu- River Thames//•<w/// f/ij of ChsM^^x.
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