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upon limestone roads, but the discomfort was only tri- 

 fling ; the weather, however, was really warm, and our 

 umbrellas were brought into use as sunshades. 



Haddon Hall is a fine specimen of the old hall, and 

 Chatsworth of the new, except that the latter partakes 

 far too much of the show feature. It is no doubt amaz- 

 ing to the crowds of Manchester and Birmingham 

 workers who flock here for a holiday and who have 

 seen nothing finer, but to us who have seen the older 

 gems of England, Chatsworth seems much too modern 

 for our fastidious tastes. I speak only of the interior, 

 of course, for the house itself and its surroundings are 

 grand ; so is the statuary in the noble hall set apart for 

 it — really the best feature in the house. 



Edensor, July 4. 

 Edensor is the model village which the Duke of 

 Devonshire has built adjoining the park — a very ap- 

 propriate and pretty name, for it is perhaps the finest 

 made-to-order village in England. Every cottage is 

 surrounded by pretty grounds and is built with an eye 

 to picturesqueness. It is entered by a handsome lodge 

 from the park, and the road at its upper end is also 

 closed by gates. The church, erected in 1870 from de- 

 signs of Gilbert Scott, occupies the site of an older one. 

 Opening from the south side of the chancel is a mortu- 

 ary chapel containing monuments of the Cavendish 

 family. In the churchyard is the monument of Sir 



