Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Belford's Monthly Magazine, 1878, Vol. 3: A Magazine of Literature and Art
To the left lies the fine park of Ost orley, once the seat of the greatest of London' 8 merchant princes, Sir Thomas Gresham. An improvement proposed by Queen Bess, on a visit to Gresham m 1578, does not speak highly for her taste in design. She remarked that in her opinion the court in front of the house would look better split up by a wall, Her host dutifully acceded to the idea. And surprised Her Majesty next morning by pointing out the wall which he had erected during the night, sending to Lon don for masons and material for the pur pose. The conceit was a more ponder ous one than that of Raleigh's cloak bricks and mortar versus velvet.
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