Walks in London . the chiefliterary club in London, built from designs of Decimus Burton in statue on the exterior called forth the epigram :— Ye travellers who pass by, just stop and behold,And see, dont you think it a sin,That Minerva herself is left out in the cold,While her owls are all gorging within. 44 Walks in London The Athenaeum has the best club library in England. It contains afine bust of Pope by Rysbrach, and a bust of Milton bequeathed byAnthony Trollope. Beyond, on the left, is the Travellers Club, de-signed by Sir C. Barry, 1832. The north front is chiefly a copy of t
Walks in London . the chiefliterary club in London, built from designs of Decimus Burton in statue on the exterior called forth the epigram :— Ye travellers who pass by, just stop and behold,And see, dont you think it a sin,That Minerva herself is left out in the cold,While her owls are all gorging within. 44 Walks in London The Athenaeum has the best club library in England. It contains afine bust of Pope by Rysbrach, and a bust of Milton bequeathed byAnthony Trollope. Beyond, on the left, is the Travellers Club, de-signed by Sir C. Barry, 1832. The north front is chiefly a copy of thePalazzo Pandolfini at Florence, the south front is one of the happiestdesigns of the artist. Next come the Reform Club (1838), also a workof Barry, badly imitated from the Farnese Palace at Rome, and theCarlton Club (by Smirke, 1854, after St. Marks Library at Venice),— that political scullery, as Lord Houghton called it,—the famous politi-cal Conservative Club founded by the Duke of Wellington in 1831. r. FROM THE DOOR OF THE ATHENAEUM. Beyond these, the War Office lias long occupied a house originally builtby Edward, Duke of York, brother of George III. In front of it is anadmirable meditative statue representing Lord Herbert of Lea, Secre-tary of State for War (by Foley, 1S67). Beyond this are the Oxfordand Cambridge Club (by Smirke, 1835-38); and the Guards Club(by Harrison, 1850). On the right, opposite the War Office, are theJunior Carlton, a stately palace (by David Brandon, 1867), and theArmy and Navy Club (by Parnell and Smith, 1851). The two short streets on the right of Pall-Mall lead into St. JamessSquare, which dates from the time of Charles II., when the adjoining St. Jamess Square 45 King Street and Charles Street were named in honour of the King, andYork Street and Duke Street in honour of the Duke of York. We call It little London : and it outdoes . . all the squares, in dressing andbreeding; nay, even the Court itself, under the rose.—Shadwell, Bury
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