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Fromea Phaoto. by THE DINING-ROOM—BARKSTON GARDENS.

things ; but I love them all for dear associa- tions’ sake.”

Here arc a very few of the things of which Miss Terry so wrongly under-estimated the worth. The entrance-hall contains a proof ctching of Forbes Robertson’s picture of the church scene in “ Much Ado About Nothing.” To the right is the dining-room—a delightful apartment. The walls are of green, pink, and cmbossed gold, and harmonize to per- fection. A bust of Henry Irving 1s over a little book- case, the volumes on the shelves— Shakespeare, Thac- keray, Dickens— being hidden by art curtains ; draw- mgs by Mrs. Hast-

mgs of Mr. and Mrs. Terry — the father and mother

of the gifted actress —hang on the wall, together with thosc of her two children —Mr. Gordon and

Miss Ailsa Craig, Over the quaint

oaken sideboard is a reproduction of the Venus of Milo. Her table 1s 1n the

From a Photo. by)

STRAND

THE SI'TTING-ROOM AND STUDY,

MAGAZINI.

recess of the win- dow. On this there 1s yet another por- trait of Mr. Gordon Craig--indeed, her two children are in cvery room of the house.

Next to the din- Ig-room, separated from the hall by great tapestry cur- tains, 1s the smallest sitting-room imagi- nable. I neversaw so many chairs in so small a space. This 1s in cvery sense of the word astudy. Ina corner of this apartment s a great resting ottoman, with many pillows thrown negligently upon 1it. It 1s here that Ellen Terry rests and reads, living with the genius of the man who fist cenceived and penned the Tlines i that little row of books on the wall, which bear his name in golden letters—shakespeare. The nick-nacks in this room are countless. A picture of Sheridan 1s reputed to be by Gainsborough ; there are numerous original studics for costume— principally Shakespearean—and a very small

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