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number three, according to the American ranking of 

 the historical edifices and localities of England. Strat- 

 ford-upon-Avon, Westminster Abbey and Chatsworth 

 are the three representative celebrities which our tra- 

 vellers think they must visit, if they would see the life 

 of England's ages from the best stand-points. And 

 this is the order in which they rank them. Chatsworth 

 and Haddon Hall should be seen the same day if pos- 

 sible ; so that you may carry the impressions of the one 

 fresh and active into the other. They are the two 

 most representative buildings in the kingdom. Haddon 

 is old English feudalism edificed. It represents the 

 rough grandeur, hospitality, wassail and rude romance 

 of the English nobility five hundred years ago. It was 

 all in its glory about the time when Thomas-a-Becket 

 the Magnificent used to entertain great companies of 

 belted knights of the realm in a manner that exceeded 

 regal munificence in those days, even directing fresh 

 straw to be laid for them on his ample mansion floor, 

 that they might not soil the bravery of their dresses 

 when they bunked down for the night. The building 

 is brimful of the character and history of that period. 

 Indeed, there are no two milestones of English history 

 so near together, and yet measuring such a space of 

 the nation's life and manners between them, as this 

 hall and that of Chatsworth. It was built, of course, 



