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Dante. "T'he exquisite Spanish wire is to he cnvied. On one side of the mantelpicee is an teresting reminiscence off Mrs. Siddons

a picture of “'T'he Shoulder of Mution Tnn,” Brecon, South Wales, where she was born, an excellent portrait of the famous actress herself) and a letter from her to Lord Avon, The latter is in very tiny running writing, and reads: “Thank you for your kind note, mydear Lord Avon. We shall be most happy to attend you at din-. ner. Alas! Alas! that these delight- ful summers are so soon to cnd.” The pattern of the chairs in this apartmentishighly suggestive of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.

The Tittle cigar- room adjoins this. Theboxesc tweeds arc many and arc stored in a huge

cabinect,. The [§ last _portrait cver S taken of Charles &8 Mathews hangs s g pics by

here, together with a fine engraving of Charles I. A bronzc of a I'rench harlequin — stands just i the shadow ol the light from thewindow, quaint old books fill cor- ners, and over the mantel-board arc cxamples of the Venetian school. There 15 much of decp interest

m the drawing- room and small

reception-room upstairs. An old impire clock has retred from work for some time., It now rests on the whitcenamel man- tel-board. In the bookcase are some very fine and old editions of Shakespeare. Mr Irving possesses over thirty different editions, all told. Every oncis dated. Hereas the thivd edition of the Bard —once the properly of the Duke of Bedford., Another, originally in the possession of the Larl of Aylesford, in red leather and cilt binding, could not be purchased for /soo. The

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