Show visiting grave of eli hutton s literary landmarks of london was largely a labor of love and was the result of years of hard work mr hutton gives this example of the difficulties that stood in his way another sunday afternoon I 1 devoted to pious pilgrimage to the grave of charles lamb at edmonton As usual nobody at edmonton knew anything churchyard Is not a small one and it is entirely filled the sexton and the grave digger and a few persons wandering about could give me no information moat of them had never heard of mr lamb and I 1 could not find the sacred spot naturally I 1 applied to the rector and as he left the vestry door after service leaning on the arm of a pretty young woman I 1 approached him raised my hat and asked politely it he could tell me where charles and mary lamb were resting really he could not say and I 1 forgetting the day the place and his sacred office cursed thai tor tor his criminal ignorance great heavens I 1 said you ought to be ashamed of yourself in your care have been placed the ashes of one of the foremost men in the whole history letters and yau don t know where they are they have made your churchyard and your parish distinguished all the world over I 1 have come 3 miles to visit charles lamb s grave and you the rector of the church flaa t know where it Is you ought to be heartily ashamed of yourself and I 1 turned upon my heel and left him standing there speechless and confounded half air hour after the above inci dent occurred and while was groping around the graveyard in the the rector came to him hat in hand apologized most humbly tor his ignorance which he had corrected in the meantime and conducted him to abe grave ol 01 the immortal ella |