American adventures : a second trip "Abroad at home" . from which some ofthose bicyclists come, by the cultivation which exists inthose homes, and has existed there for generations, bythe amenities of life as they are comprehended and ob-served, by the wealth of the citys tradition and therichness of its background. Nor is that background amere arras of recollection. It exists everywhere in thewood and brick and stone of ancient and beautiful build-ings, in iron grilles and balconies absolutely unrivaledin any other American city, and equaled only in Euro-pean cities most famous for their arti
American adventures : a second trip "Abroad at home" . from which some ofthose bicyclists come, by the cultivation which exists inthose homes, and has existed there for generations, bythe amenities of life as they are comprehended and ob-served, by the wealth of the citys tradition and therichness of its background. Nor is that background amere arras of recollection. It exists everywhere in thewood and brick and stone of ancient and beautiful build-ings, in iron grilles and balconies absolutely unrivaledin any other American city, and equaled only in Euro-pean cities most famous for their artistry in wroughtiron. It exists also in venerable institutions—the firstorphanage established in the United States; the WilliamEnston Home; the Public Library, one of the first andnow one of the best libraries in the country; the artmuseum, the St. Cecilia Society, and various old intimately it exists wnthin innumerable old homes,which are treasure-houses of fine old English and earlyAmerican furniture and of portraits—portraits by 304. /^**^^*^ UNDER ST. MICHAELS CHIMES Sir Joshua, by Stuart, Copley, Trumbull, and most ofthe other portrait painters who painted from the timethe Colonies began to become civilized to the time of theCivil War—among them S. F. B. Morse, who, I believeit is not generally known, made a considerable reputa-tion as a portrait painter, in Charleston, before he madehimself a world figure by inventing the telegraph. Even without seeing these private treasures the vis-itor to Charleston will see enough to convince him thatCharleston is indeed ^unique—though not in the senseimplied in the story—that it is the most intimately beau-tiful city upon the American continent. To call Charleston unique, and immediately there-after to liken it to other places may seem likenesses are, however, evanescent. It is notthat Charleston is actually like other places, but thathere in a church building, there in an old tile roof,wrought i
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