. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . THE WEST PORTICO OF MONTICELLO. De rar front. the real breath of the place, — so it was in the days of its famous master, plusthe life of a great baronial estate; for that it was in its palmy days, whenall the world knew it as the home of the Sage of Monticello. After they had inspected the house and rambled about the beautifulgrounds, Uncle Tom brought them all together at last in the spacious out-look, a stones throw from the house. 124 THE CENTURY BOOK OF FAMOUS AMERICANS. THE HALL AT MONTI
. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . THE WEST PORTICO OF MONTICELLO. De rar front. the real breath of the place, — so it was in the days of its famous master, plusthe life of a great baronial estate; for that it was in its palmy days, whenall the world knew it as the home of the Sage of Monticello. After they had inspected the house and rambled about the beautifulgrounds, Uncle Tom brought them all together at last in the spacious out-look, a stones throw from the house. 124 THE CENTURY BOOK OF FAMOUS AMERICANS. THE HALL AT MONTICELLO. My ! what a view ! cried Marian. Your uncle Thomas had an eye for scenery, had nt he? said Jack. He was a great lover of natural scenery, Uncle Tom replied. Evenin France, where he did and saw so much, he was always pining for whathe called his Virginia wilderness on the mountain-top. They sat silent for a while enjoying the scene. Hillside and valley, asthe boys and girls looked out upon them, were green with all the verdantbeauty of a Virginia spring. Great trees rose above them on the far-spread-ing lawns. Redbud and lilacs, dogwood and golden willow, gave color andfragrance, while redbreasts hopped about on the grass or swung and whistledon the branches above them. Below them stretched the valley, where to the right Uncle Tom locatedfor them Shadwell, the birthplace of Jefferson, Edgehill, his other estate, and,farther off, Montpellier, the home of yet another President of the UnitedStates — his successor, James Madison. To the west, the long spur of theB
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