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Show It " ' IB A H0ME IN VEyiCE- P R( AN CNCLICHMAN3 IDEAL ADOOE ' I ' IN THE C,TY OF CANAL3. f m ' I & it I s ! Ifcj- I nJ I'.r.on.l lat.rcil A Taw of tka ' Sj a? Many Ornantruu. rirlaraa, llooLa D1 9' ajh lllla r Ilara I1tlllra. itL 'tn bn Nina flvo an 1 twentjr rear, 070 l"ln iflFi; 'r f nr7 Layanl roolrcl to inalip fui . f& , n V MuRclr. and for the trfvuam of art ' ( 'lw 13 E nblch lie bibl gfttberetl from tho foul Vv ' w w wind of hearcn, k horoa In Venice, ho P SS li found, fortunatol ruough, that tho Ca' j ' E.l (or Casa) CapUo m juit at tko rcrj 1 i faVil moment at hU i)lioal. It bad tweii the 1 ! 1 UU nbodo foraoyoral yean of an nj;lltli W wb IUJn WD0 (Ut c' Au WD0 a H' JL 'c r Malcolm, then mil known t ' 1 MtJ amons tha Ungliah realdcnta and now i ! i 1 jl V, "lolr dojrvn, hi emutor. A frlendihlp I 1'bH IfJll bad lonir ailatod lxirreon Mr. Malcolm y M " H? and Hlr liemy Layard, bom of almilar ' ' Hi ' tMte vbldi has ripened ltu 1 ; iM! raanyycaraof nolgbborhood and iuttr- P 1 ' n conr,- ' 1 ft I J' It utbna.tbatthoOi'CapelIo came ' Tl ni'it vB Into the honda of Sir Henry liayanl, and 1 Y,1 l?i M'fX ttom tbat day k baa lxn bli homo. i'X mn lAtV lllUicrlntheinterraleofhlimlnUterial ' i 9t it t cjL dnllee, hU ralaaloai arvl hie ttilta to bli It I? H'tV'UaW Engllih llnafolk, he hae returned with ! HfeV' '' liBS eter rrowlnjt irat and aSectlun. Uen f VH- I flH he baa aurrouadod blmaelf with afiue 1 afflat ' ' IBs llbrarr. a nohlo collection of nlclurci r vnr r laaatt ftQ broniea, marblea and innaalea, tap- ) iJILul'j rfl!nl eetriea, ancient furniture and lirto-a- ' IB '- UbbB Lrac, rcllca of the paei, the illa of a twr'l rir Haw '0I1ff a&(l varied caroer. Here, too, In I 'V6P ' Wm "" if" 1M0''" bron(ht I.U wifo, a h !)!$ VP9 daughter of tlio late Sir John Oueit re Ullf tfK It ta barely posffible to reach the Ca' 1 wof ' WL?W Capello on foot. You may croaa the L (sic t5 Itlalto an 1 bear tovord tlie left throURli S WK UaT au acr0fet R "erica of tortuoua and intrl I .i) Mat c-Ue colli, but the two handaomo gon r"1 JH dolls, reposing ou tho broad bottom ot J I , H the canal at the door ot Ca Co polio, f . j BI vhlchhaa every riffht tolio called the rM'ir ' ff 1; front, augirett to the caller, tho only JbPa Hi 1m rational method of entrance. It ha BaVl(3:t Fli boon aatd that tho houso U not ono of Bf.J i ' tuo lanreat; ita ajpoct, however, la un raaiK 1 1 iW doubtedly one of the moat attractho In aR ' 1 Iww thomoatbiaullfulhijrhwaylathoworld. MK I ' jSfi tu uocsr. Hw , 1 1 )TK w0 04 ' tl10 bouso, one In the 'M i J g IUodiBan Pob, the principal, with the w j L Y II porch on the Urand canal, giro acojw fol i'bbV -a & a display of color nhichelran here might iBt ' t" l Ref "UBifnat KariihneM, but which In Vrnlco, 4- 1 L Iv P1' oxcccnco 'be city of many colore, 1 , ijV ,fciK I " natural and 1 leasing. Ae your eon 1 i $i mAF dola reachea tbo broad Uigbt of itepa be- r I uH i wi IV bind tho toll (rrcen. pall, ou cannot fall j j njf tltj to notlco tliat every window sill bean I Eu MTM " ljU,Jcn ' &owera after osr l'.nnllali ! wZif 1 W'8 fashlon.andthattboportloohaveritaUo (Hi-1' iVral floral bower, with a conservatory orer 1 Si 1. ? " ' which, UiiJo tho gretnery, an lm- I '1 2'livCa mense Venotlan tlv chandelier Is a ( Ir H:iiifiil uult trlu" object. It Is a mass of t'l 1 - i7l T'n0 '"1 depen llnjs black graiM, great ll" ' iJl creeping conrolruliiftca, canarlonsla and iivi vhlto jouoiuln, all etrusijlliig forllfo V V & apparently, with no inconsiderable do- il f.jj I Kreo of success, ou tho trellis work 4 h W ti which upirts them. .iy 1 j ) t. As is common in Italian private real. Jl'l' ' dences,what we ordinarily deecribo at bCK. ; home as the ground floor Is Rtrcnupto aLef rtl ' ' ' tho sen ants and the doineatlo ofllccs of lat 5 1 f V' I esUUlshinent A broad staircase i't if . (iL on tho left of tho entrance, on either j,l'li Mf aldeof wblob.fliodlutbewall.lsofrai!. ft" ment of sculplore from Nlnenh, leads Into a lull of noblo proportions which divides the bouso Itself into two uno. ciuol parts. Here somo of tho larger piccis of farnlturo, such as the cabi nets, are to be found; and here, too, a jiairof admirable tla,0OHjiiarter length portraits of tilr Henry aud lady lliy-urd, lliy-urd, paintetl in Madrid by I'almaroU, head of the Spanish academy at Home, face each othur. Another ortralt cf blr Henry Layard challenges au tnron closer Inspection tliat, namely, by Lud-wig Lud-wig 1'ost.lnl, which was shown in thoes hibitionof tho Itoal academy, lrgo reception rooms giro out on either eld of tho hall, and, like it, all are floored with terrazta, a material which to iu great Uuuty udds the udvanugo of being be-ing absolutely uninflammable TiSTurLL rUilMJUlNUS. The dining room aud the drawing rooms aru tilled, but not crowdod, with Uuutlful works of art, Including mas Urpleces of such painters us Ueutilo llelUnl,Oouafa:io,Seliaatian del Tlombo au 1 mauy other famous Italian masttrs. Kor are tho cxnulslto and delightful j 1 'I yri urodui.Uous of tho furuaies and work rooms of Murano forgotten. Of the modem Veuetiaa glavblowing proo tseee, Sir Henry is most Indisputably tho fonnder, and some of the most per feet specimens of this bcantlf nl art are, as It is Httlng, to be teen In his house, as welt m some beautiful inlay work, and tho admirable woodwork by lllraghl, who executed the fsmous donblo stair case In walnnt wood for Lord Wlin borne, at Canford, unu.r bir Henry's directions. bUr Henry's own sanctum U on tho upjicr floor of the Cas.i. Hero aro records and memorials of a moro (icr sonal kind than were noticed In tho lower reception 'room, and among thoin tno r.ngiunmau floes not rail to notlco the framed certitlcato ou illuml nited vellum, hendtxl 'Cha11Is, Mayor," which sets forth tho bestowal of the honorary freedom of tho city of London Lon-don upon Auston Henry Layard. Hero, too, aro somo nobis bronxo figures, portfolios, bugo volumes bound in vellum vel-lum and gold, and a host of books nearly all, It may bo remarked, of qulto modern lltrratnro together with the litt-at periodicals. It is chiracterbttlc of Sir Henry Layard's wide and comprehensive com-prehensive intellect that. Identified as bu Is In tho popular imagination with the history of tho remotest past of which wo havo any knowledge, there It no living man moro completely what the slang of the flay calls "up to datfk" London World. |
