The Lure of the Camera. Charles S. Olcott

       Charles S. Olcott

      The Lure of the Camera

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4057664609427

      Table of Contents

       Cover

       Titlepage

       Text

      ILLUSTRATIONS

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The Stepping Stones	Frontispiece
On the River Rothay, near Ambleside, England, and below Fox How, the home of Thomas Arnold of Rugby, grandfather of Mrs. Humphry Ward. One of the scenes in “Robert Elsmere” was suggested by these stones.
A Path in Bretton Woods	10
White Mountains, N.H.
Profile Lake	12
Showing the Old Man of the Mountains. In the Franconia Notch, White Mountains, N.H. The profile suggested to Hawthorne the tale of “The Great Stone Face.”
The Grand Saloon, Arbury Hall	22
Near Nuneaton, England. The original of Cheverel Manor, in George Eliot’s “Mr. Gilfil’s Love Story.”
A School in Nuneaton	30
Where George Eliot attended school in her eighth or ninth year.
The Bromley-Davenport Arms	34
In Ellastone, England, the original of the “Donnithorne Arms” of “Adam Bede.”
The Birthplace of Robert Burns	40
In Ayrshire, Scotland. The poet was born here January 25, 1759. The left of the building is the cottage of two rooms where the family lived. Adjoining, on the right, is the “byre,” or cow-house.
The Burns Monument, Ayrshire	44
The monument was built in 1820. It is sixty feet high, and almost an exact duplicate of the monument in Edinburgh.
The Brig o’ Doon, Ayrshire	48
The bridge over which Tam o’ Shanter rode to escape the witches.
Grasmere Lake	60
“For rest of body perfect was the spot.”
Dove Cottage, Grasmere	64
Wordsworth’s home for eight years. The view is from the garden in the rear of the cottage.
Wordsworth’s Well	68
In the garden of Dove Cottage, where the poet placed “bright gowan and marsh marigold” brought from the border of the lake.
Hawthornden	76
The home of the Drummond family, on the banks of the Esk, Scotland.
The Sycamore	80
The tree at Hawthornden under which William Drummond met Ben Jonson.
Ruins of Roslin Castle	86
In Roslin Glen overlooking the Esk.
Mrs. Humphry Ward and Miss Dorothy Ward	96
At the villa in Cadenabbia, overlooking Lake Como, where Mrs. Ward wrote “Lady Rose’s Daughter.”
“Under Loughrigg”	100
The view from the study window of Thomas Arnold at Fox How.
The Passmore Edwards Settlement House	104
Tavistock Place, London.
The Lime Walk	110
In the garden of Trinity College, Oxford. Referred to in “Robert Elsmere.”
Cottage of “Mary Backhouse”	114
At Sad Gill, Long Sleddale. The barns and storehouses, on either end, give the small cottage an attenuated appearance.
The Rectory of Peper Harow	118
In Surrey, England. The original of Murewell Rectory, the house of “Robert Elsmere.”
The Rothay and Nab Scar	130
From Pelter Bridge, Ambleside, England.
Lake Como	138
From “the path that led to the woods overhanging the Villa Carlotta.”