It is interesting to see that a deliberate attempt is to be made to revive the glories of Bath. It is a lovely old city, perhaps the only one in England which shows evidence of hearing been intentionally and very finely planned. But for many years it has had the reputation of being (with parts of Cheltenham) the last resort of a brand of Early Victorian old ladies elsewhere extinct. The Abbey always gives one the impression of being full of pincushions and antimacassars. Next week, however, the Duchess of Kent will be present for a grand reopening of the Assembly Rooms. During the evening, the minuet will be danced by 40 couples dressed to represent great personages of the 18th century. Whether anyone now drinks the waters at Bath I don't know, though doctors have told me that at Bath, Leamington and Harrogate are mineral waters as beneficent as any to be found on the Continent, only in our mad English way we must always be running after foreign inventions. According to legend Bath waters were discovered by an early British King named Bladud, who was cured of his leprosy by bathing in them. Then came the Romans, remains of whose baths are still to be seen; and then Bean Nash. The rings in the walls of the baths to which 18th century bathers held, with floating trays before them carrying their handker-
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