

196 



indeed the boasted beauty of the Isle of Wight is associated 

 with the moving from one spot to the other, and the cheerful 

 animation of its visitors and tourists ; for, i 



we 



take 



any one 



place in that Tour, and can suppose it solitary and divested of 



thi 



is 



enlivening circumstance, 



le scener 



it cannot be compared with 

 of Sherringham, where the combination of Hill 



and Valley, Wood an 



Sec 



ea \ 



T 



iews, continually remind us of 



being in that beautiful little Island, without the occasional dif- 

 culty of having the water to cross in our return. Much of the 

 interest in the scenery of the Isle of Wight is indebted to the 

 circumstance of its being visited only in Summer, when the gay 

 decorations of the gardens, whether belonging to a Palace or a 

 Cottage, present an assemblage of elegance and comfort, in which 

 Sherringham is at present woefully deficient ; but which it is 

 the object of these pages to provide 

 visited the Isle of Wight, a cor 

 amidst the profusion of roses an 



recollect when 



first 



tin 



series of fine weather 



other fragrant shrub 



*, ope- 

 rated on my senses like a charm, till on opening a door in 



one of the most delightful retreats, the sight of Cloaks and 



Umbrellas, made me exclaim, " Can it ever rain in Paradise?" 

 In considering Sherringham as a permanent Residence and 

 not as a mere Summer Villa, we must recollect how it may 



appear 



Winter 



