Show A Historic tl Houses Identified ed in London County Council Designates Places That Flin I Most Am i ts Boon Missing Dickens 1 Did Some of or o Ills Bust Work ot ol Tho Brilliant Youth for fOl Whom In and Urn of o Disraeli oli Among tho thu Landmarks Now ow 1 I H H I HH I H I HH H HooI H HOI H il I 4 It 1 t i u j 1 n i ii f i L i tl r i 1 T r T TI I t J f t a t tI I T t J f y yI I Y YI YI I I i y t ii H 1 i I H i 1 H H I H 1 I hII II I 1 HH I 1 HH H H H H I I 4 I H u I l r u rr I f fH 4 WHERE DICKENS DID HIS DEBT BEST WORK WHERE PITT LIVED At No 1 DevonshIre Terrace Ter London In York Place Piece on B omo ept the tie lion 1011 I p I don dOli county council lent hint on wild what L I has been iwen termed the tho of at hu hUM found It necessary to demolish d many buildings that link the present with tho the storied atoned pa ton tho the other hand It dots deco decoItO ItO 1111 beet to keep alIve the historic and literary associations attaching to houses that lint remain by placing memorial upon thorn beau Identifying them with tho the names of their former distin distinguished gUI hod occupants By Dy American visit visitors ors ore especially It Is U probable that this hatter laller work will be for nr moro more appreciated alemi limn the changes wrought by tho tIme of for to 10 them tho lh chief charm of ot London Landau I lies III in the tho fueL thAt It 1 Is III such n IL rich whelm storehouse of literary und 1111 historic memories m HIDI NCI OF DICKENS One of ot the Iha latest thus thull officially commemorated Is I No Zo 1 J Devonshire 1 road rond where Charles Charlas dwelt from froni 1839 to 1851 Th The Tho premises are substantially In the same lime condition as n nt It the lima lame of his h res reci deuce d except that a 1 bay window line has been heen lidded added to the drawing room toom on the tIme floor Ilo r The Tho study III In which BO so 0 munich of or tho the gront groat novelists best beet work ork won Amu penned Is III d by tile his daugh daughter ter In My M Father Futher AH ts I Recall Him iw its n I pretty Irell room with steps l directly Into the garden from It II and amid with an extra baize door to keep kee out nil III sounds and Ind noise always like Ilka himself the personification calion of or neatness and tidiness On the ho shelf of at his writ writIng rit log Ing table w wire were ro many dainty and useful ornaments gifts from his ItIN or of ot his family and 1111 always a n amAO mAO of bright and fresh flowers Front From the sam sanie source thieve there Is la a n description de of ot the little room at nl atthe the tho very top of the house hous which Dick Dickens Dickens I ens made an as pretty and comfortable for his hll two little daughters 1 as nil It could be bo made though the time Adornment wu was decidedly primitive the unframed prints being fastened to 10 th the wall by ordinary black or white pins whichever we ve could set act e OF BUST HOOKS hn first pages PRIe of ot Hull e were vere written at t the house houge he him hI mad pre previously previously re occupied uple In Doughty hut but bil It II was wan wal completed ut mit I the Devonshire tor residence Among other h ok written wholly or 01 In bum port part rt here were ver Martin the Christmas Carol arol arl Cricket on the tho Hearth American Notes oloe Dombey and Jon fn and David I tho the latter Hitter Inter be ho being beIne lug ing the tho last Important work done dono at al Devonshire terrace Apart from ream the fact that hero were wet produced Home caine of hula hla latest literary triumphs the house U is loray of additional Interest ns as O the Ille scene of ot the tho brIghtest and happiest period of his hl life U it I was W the first home hOM of most 1051 of his children and tho the meeting place of ot the most famous people of o the lit l ray world He J loft left ler it with lh regret r gre be because bl cause COUSO II it I had become bO too toe small email for or his hi House family and amid took lol possession of HOME HOMI OF Or Almost A of or equal interest to literary I pilgrims Is Na Nc No 17 street on I which a I tablet has ha recently re beell placed I recording that was as once the home homo of ot I I NN f Henry thin the historian hiu there from room rom 1819 1519 to lu 1840 1846 Yet r It It is hI not hot because b c U O of cf Its 11 with thu tho author of ot tho Iho History of or England that Ihal the house claim IIlma most to t attention A moro more pathetic at nt ladies adieu to It I ns na tho thia homo home of ot the historians hI lol ians iamma 1111 eldest eon Arthur Henry Hallam dearly beloved friend It I In is II thin bile friendship which bias lias hI been b e Immor Imor Immortalized In 11 that poem In Iii Me II where the hOUM IH Is II referred to In lii 11 these sad nd and touching lines linen Dark Durk house by which beh once moro more I stand Here Hero In hum time the long unlovely street Doors where my ly heart Was treed ue I to bent bot Bo Su quickly waiting wailing for or a I hand handA A hand that can el be clu clasped ted no more lor l Arthur Athur was 1 eight fht years old when lila his father went to 10 live lve In hum street tr et but hut It was uvas while he ha hI was wan 1 at al Trinity col eel irge between and lint he lie Tennyson became b CO such nuch Ilch fast friends Hn lie wn was only SO 20 t when whelm hell death overtook overlook him with tragic sud stul on elm ol the continent Young HH as iK he heHR 1100 HR he lie mud even len then produced works which presaged for him a 1 brilliant lit l err future nut hut even pen had hod he lie lived 1 l to fulfill the expectations expectation entertained nf of him It I Is l doubtful If he lie hf would over ever have 1110 written anything that would have Ill caused him to 10 be remembered 1 nearly no tic 10 long Ions as II he me will wl be by b his 1 poin p m mH His father felt cit his low louis 10 keenly And nd spoke H of himself ns as R one lne whose hopes hopee this IhlA side tho the tomb were te broken down forever More Mare sorrows s however awaited him In II treet In 1837 1831 lila his daughter r Elen died there thero end aM three years eaVa later hits his hil wife vite Ite Shortly after this Utter Iller event he ime left heft the Ihl house which h contained so many maimy mad end memories tar for him and established his home beams nt at No 24 Wilton Cre Crescent cen H WAS flORa nR At No Ho 22 nond rn a It tablet Ia been placed Informing II 1 and anti sundry that Benjamin lII I Ran Karl of was wa born bor tre U re reIn In 1801 As regards regard the actual acul birth birthplace birthplace place of ot time the great premier there has line hasben been ben much mue controversy him himself himself self ambled to the general on OIl the subject by mentioning at various times three thre hurel UN as 11 the t weno 1110 of ot his hi nt itt It St tt Mary Ax Ate Ae another No 0 G and a s third thIr In There Is III no r that the funnily family ever OEr hived In th the Bt lit ft Mary Ax Axe district they the did not nol move Into time thu Bloomsbury Square house until HeJi I 1 WAS IS P I old oM the house No t 2 street was a time the tle roe ree re of his hl father before his bile The collected ler little doubt doub that No JJ n 1 d i hoed nond known nt At the time of f Isaac DIe DIs moll tenancy Ine us as 11 No fl G Kings ICings Head was wu moll really Trail this the Ih place where whre the tho astute statesman first saw SMi the tilO th light Tho hll has hn undergone no tub alterations sInes Ince PITT In designating by h a Q tablet No 0 14 H HYork York Place Portman Squat Square as U the residence At nt one on time of William Wiliam Pitt whom many maimy mAly hIstorIans consider this the l l of nil all ni prime min ministers minIster mb Ister the London county council la be I supported by b Indisputable evidence al although tl I though his ney of ot it ItI yas mas for he lived od there only two tm and 1104 14 While he mode made e his hl home hOne here It I M shared by b tile his hil niece the brilliant nt and beautiful but trie tic Lady hooter Stanhope who att attai Winnie wants took Look tok up her liar abode on Mount Ie 14 hAnan and nl by the tho sheer force fO f of her re rt r ble personality acquired an al ci almost Il most absolute authority over tim the th trIbe of or time the surrounding distrIcts district Lady Id lIes HOB Jo Joler tar ter acted nde as a lieu her pooles secretary re cc his guests antI and mat at time the heath head ut ot othil his hil table to 10 Pitts or her tended far moro than hi his return to II power lr to cheer and brighten hiM bile few fw remaining years Pitt I lt was wal aN out nf or office during time the Ihl whole of ot the time he lived hived ni ut York Place but hut It II was 1 during durin his hili residence there that thaI he lie delivered d Me lila h speech on the he renewal of ot the war with France In May Mi 1803 hilO 11 It I wan IRI nf or this speech that Fox hi hIs great political rival said salti III Id It ItIn ItIs In Is a R speech which If l Demosthenes had luau been present he hI must have huva And might have envied HO IbM PS OF 01 FAMOUS I While Shile such uch houses still sWI ren remain as AI memorials of or departed genius other deserving of or preservation are arl being to 10 thus the demands for modern Improvement No 12 32 2 Caven Cavendish dish Square which its us I the time home borne of Homney for fOI 10 20 years hn has hall long been lueen a R great greot landmark In artistic III Is undergoing demolition It I Iwas was In 1776 1718 that the tho great greal artist yield yielded ed ld tn ii time the persuasions l of at hi his hla friends and sumi leased the house houe which h ha lies hu become VR vim rant Slit through the death of Fraud rotes it n A He ha Tied luau little money mosey ut III atthe the time mis and It seemed for or some ome months ns RII though his hla lon of ot Impend Impending impending ing InK ruin had hId been only too well found nunI founded ed id nut Hut at length the Duke of Rich Richmond mond mood came caine to his hla rescue stud nd his hili pat patronage patron ron l turned the tide hula In this the painters favor faver fit Or In a little while fashion wits wan w d II I viding her between and amid Reynolds H old II much to 10 Sir wrath who his bl rl ci viii AI as the nun In Cavendish f Square quare STUDIO All time the town said Jori Thurlow is divided Into two factions t tho the Hey itcy It acids end and the namn and I 1 am It In of or the n Homney faction Tin TIm orld world of art url has bee be been n sImilarly divided ever ter since Blare and It IL ItU U IR likely long to remain a question whether the tM brush of this the th unto one w was wal net lIt equal In iii lt way Wi II the nIP themore more moje masculine and l roun genius of the ho great president of the lLoyd It as In tills thin stu Mu dlo din that painted his hili sc se rl s of ot of or Emma 11 then under the thi cllon of his hi friend the lion Hon 1 and as A nil III the t hI o ii knows the I Ham Hamilton lIter ilton whose beauty ensnared ami 1 alit sul sullied UI lied the flint fame of or lord bord Nelson NallOn gays gave UI up the hoUSe only when hen It became b too small email to tn cope ope with his schemes n hl h were 1111 the Ih nol fist signs of the mental that th last hut years year eur of nf his hili ht life For Pt ninny y years Arll rs past put have busy bUllY pulling da n nil Il In Spring hardens to tnt form forni u I i m 1 f tare r which will run from tP III guit a of f P l it In III nn ii 1 H 11 straight Unete to Trafalgar HI I That ThatIs Is will be b II n gr at there ran can b Ii nn III but hUI li it hI h s lii the destruction of ot much that H s quaint and and nd lit f th the days dRYS of Good Queen Hast lIu the Spring Garden AS it wu ais t h ii n was II ft 1 ll r pl pleasure urr rw resort ri where according to one Olle there was Ill bibbing and Ine All nil allday il day IlL y under the Ule trees aol t too 11 o m or hues twee every 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