. Three weeks in the British Isles . y grave bounteously closeHoly without vain glorious showesHappy and yet from envy freeLearnd without pride, witty yet wiseReader this riddle read with meHere the good Lady Waller lyes. If the good lady wrote that epitaph, she un-doubtedly did. Beside her tablet is a stone commemorating thevirtues of her husband, Sir William. It is blank,not because Sir William lacked virtues, but be-cause he is buried in London. The alabastermonument, however, includes the whole family,father, mother and two children, in a group. It 76 Three Weeks in the British Isles must
. Three weeks in the British Isles . y grave bounteously closeHoly without vain glorious showesHappy and yet from envy freeLearnd without pride, witty yet wiseReader this riddle read with meHere the good Lady Waller lyes. If the good lady wrote that epitaph, she un-doubtedly did. Beside her tablet is a stone commemorating thevirtues of her husband, Sir William. It is blank,not because Sir William lacked virtues, but be-cause he is buried in London. The alabastermonument, however, includes the whole family,father, mother and two children, in a group. It 76 Three Weeks in the British Isles must feel queer to be sculptured in childhood andgradually outgrow your little marble twin. There is a convent out Pulteney Road whichdisplays a sign, High School for Girls Prepara-tory for Boys. Whoever heard of a school forgirls that was not ? Victoria Park and Botanical Gardens are thescene of Baths annual pageant. Most of Eng-lands historic cities have these pageants com-memorating great events and daring deeds intheir local OLD ROMAN BATH Oxford 77 VII Oxford P«fl|E take the 12:35 up t^ain to Oxford,AI VJ for know, O puzzled American, study-BJ^I ing the mysteries of Bradshaw,. thatdown means from London, and upmeans towards London, whether you are north,south, east or west of the metropolis, so long asyou are in England, Scotland or Wales. In Ireland, Dublin becomes the pole of the rail-road system, from which city every direction isdown. Occasionally a train porter who is in a hurrywill rush away-without a tip. This happened atBath while we were looking for a sixpence. Insome hotels we have had to search for servantsto reward them for special courtesies. This ismentioned because it is at utter variance with thetraditions and wholly unaccountable, unless Juneis the close season for tourists. Later in the yearthe servants may be more alert. We give thefacts as we found has fifty thousand inhabitants in addi- 78 Three Weeks in the British Isles tion to the
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