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influence to get the Emperor imprisoned in 

 England, but completely failed. Rightly or 

 wrongly, the English Government preferred the 

 gloomy solitude of S. Helena as a place of exile. 

 Bertrand, however, and other devoted admirers of 

 Napoleon were visitors at Holland House. 



Of Statues and Busts in this Garden there are 

 singularly few. One among them is a replica of 

 the colossal Statue of Charles James Fox by 

 Westmacott ; it was moved into the Garden from 

 the front hall of the House some years ago. The 

 words, "Charles James Fox. Whom all nations 

 unite in esteeming to have been the chief man of 

 the people," are written below. 



The fifth Lord Ilchester placed an Italian stone 

 Fountain, built into a wall, in the West Garden ; 

 and also a larger Fountain, with a circular stone 

 basin, in the centre of the Grass Terrace by the 

 south front of the House, in which the Marliac 

 Water-lilies grow beautifully. 



From this Terrace, on a clear day, a distant view 

 of the Surrey hills may be dimly seen on the 

 horizon, and perhaps it is only when standing 

 here, looking over the hazy, blue mass of houses, 

 churches, workshops and their chimneys, which 

 surround so closely Holland House, that it comes 

 with full force upon the spectator that this beautiful 

 Garden lies like a perfect Eden in the midst of the 

 greatest city in the world. 



