Literary by-paths in old England . In Selborne Church time-worn stone is the most seemly cenotaph fora man who lived so near to nature as he. There is no official visitors book at Selborne,the only substitute being a somewhat tatteredvolume kept in the Queens Arms Hotel. Asthe church doors are left constantly open, and asall pilgrims include that building in their tour ofinspection, would it not be a good idea to place147 LITERARY BY-PATHS such a book on a desk in the porch ? Manyfamous names are inscribed in the volume keptat the hotel — those of Professor Huxley, LordNapier and Ettrick, and
Literary by-paths in old England . In Selborne Church time-worn stone is the most seemly cenotaph fora man who lived so near to nature as he. There is no official visitors book at Selborne,the only substitute being a somewhat tatteredvolume kept in the Queens Arms Hotel. Asthe church doors are left constantly open, and asall pilgrims include that building in their tour ofinspection, would it not be a good idea to place147 LITERARY BY-PATHS such a book on a desk in the porch ? Manyfamous names are inscribed in the volume keptat the hotel — those of Professor Huxley, LordNapier and Ettrick, and John Burroughs being. Knights Templars Tombs of the number. Some visitors have deliveredthemselves of opinions as to what should bedone to Whites resting-place, Mr. Frederic Har-rison expressing the hope that on his next visitto Selborne he may find some attention hasbeen given to the grave and headstone of GilbertWhite. Is Mr. Harrison also among the Phil-istines who pine for a modern memorial ? 148 IN OLD ENGLAND If ever the spirit of Philistinism should soassert itself as to ensure the triumphant erectionof a tasteless modern memorial to the famousnaturalist, the hope may be expressed that thissimple headstone grey may still remain tomark the grave of White. He, we may besure, would have wished for no more ornatememorial.
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