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Title: More famous homes of Great Britain and their stories
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Malan, Alfred Henry, comp
Subjects: Historic buildings Country homes Dwellings
Publisher: New York, G.P. Putnam's sons, London, The Pall Mall magazine
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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Arundel collections. One of the most remarkableobjects is a basso relievo in old Greek mosaic tesselated workrepresenting the Garden of Hesperides. Two statues by Cleo-menes, one of Faunus with his leopard, and the other of Cupid breaking his bow after his marriage with Psyche, are ofgreat interest. The tomb of Aurelius Epaphroditus, which wasbrought from near Athens, and was presented to CardinalRichelieu, is a wonderful specimen of ancient Greek carving,as is also an inscribed Altar of Bacchus. The statue of JupiterAmnion is also remarkable. It was set up in a temple in Thraceby Sesostris. There are also over one hundred antique busts,including those of most of the Roman Emperors. It would be impossible within the limits of a short articleto enumerate all the objects of artistic and historical interestwith which Wilton abounds, and I have only attempted to give abrief description of an old English home which has survived thestorms of some three hundred and fifty years. XonQleat 203
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THE EAST AND NORTH FRONTS OF LONQLEAT LONGLEAT BY A. H. MALAN ONE particular charm about Longleat is that, with all itsgrandeur, it is essentially a home ; and having, sinceit was first built, known but one family, there is aboutthe place all that individuality, arising out of continuity of occu-pation, which a mansion that has often changed hands cannotpretend to possess. August and imposing as may be the rooms and corridors,they are all habitable to a degree of luxurious comfort. Notexcepting the Hall, where the general features carry the mindback full three centuries ; but the pilgrim is not on that accountobliged to sit on the long form by the long table, facing an array of high-backed chairs, set, equally spaced, against the opposite 205 206 Xongleat wall, as there are ordinary chairs grouped around ordinarytables, a sofa for the weary, a piano for the lively, and even adolls-house is tolerated. Sir John Thynne, the builder, flourished in the last halfof the sixteenth century. Be

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