The English Bodley family . old him of Dr. Holmessgold pen, which he had used for twenty years or so, and I showedhim my stylographic pen. That will never improve penmanship, said Mr. Bodley. No, said Mr, Van Wyck, and I dont believe pens have mostto do with it. A good deal is due to leisure, which penmen now donot use, but more to the fact that penmanship, before printing wasinvented, was a fine art, like painting, and the traditions of the arthad not died out when Bradfords name was written. They walked slowly down the broad road which led to Scrooby,about a mile to the south of Bawtry. Ther
The English Bodley family . old him of Dr. Holmessgold pen, which he had used for twenty years or so, and I showedhim my stylographic pen. That will never improve penmanship, said Mr. Bodley. No, said Mr, Van Wyck, and I dont believe pens have mostto do with it. A good deal is due to leisure, which penmen now donot use, but more to the fact that penmanship, before printing wasinvented, was a fine art, like painting, and the traditions of the arthad not died out when Bradfords name was written. They walked slowly down the broad road which led to Scrooby,about a mile to the south of Bawtry. There was a cluster of houses 126 THE ENGLISH BODLEY FAMILY. there more considerable than that at Austerfield, with a laro-erchurch. There had been time here also for the houses to disappearwhich stood when Bradford and his friends were alive, and for a newtown to arise, which already looked ancient. The old manor-house, I suppose, is what we want to see, saidMr. Bodley. Was that where the Pilgrims used to meet ? asked Scrooby. Yes, before they were pilgrims. The manor-house belonged tothe Archbishop of York, and was occupied by William Brewster, whowas the chief man of the village. He was the postmaster, — that is,he was master of a royaX post, — which meant then something morethan a person to receive and sort letters. Scrooby was a post townon the great road from London to Scotland. When traveling was sodifficult as it was then, the stopping-places on the great thorough-fares were places of consequence. At Scrooby travelers might stopoverniffht. and kinsrs and aueens had rested here at the manor- A PILGRIMAGE. 127 house. So William Brewster, living at the manor-house, was a manof consequence. Once a week, however, he opened the doors of hishouse to his neighbors, who came there to hold a religious meet-ing and read the Bible and pray. I suppose Bradford often camedown from Austerfield to see Brewster and attend these meetings. Here is the post-office, now, said Cous
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