HOLLAND HOUSE, Kensington, is principally celebrated for its library and for its literary associations. Addison, who married the widow of Lord Warwick, to whom the house belonged, died here; and here lived for many years the great Charles James Fox. It was in the time of the third Lord Holland - or rather in that of Lady Holland - that Holland House was in its zenith, and was the head-quarters of some of the most brilliant men of a brilliant epoch.

HOLLAND HOUSE, KENSINGTON: THE SOUTH FRONT.

Holland House, a splendid specimen of an old English mansion, was built in 16o7, but the terrace is of modern construction, It was originally the seat of the Holland family later it was bought by Henry Fox, and in him the title of Lord Holland was revived. One of his descendants, Lord Ilchester, now owns Holland House, which for its literary associations stands supreme among such London residences. It was here that Joseph Addison lived, and wrote his Spectator articles in the library, and that Charles James Fox spent his early days; and its celebrity culminated in the time of the third Lord Holland, when Rogers, Macaulay, Byron, and Moore, to mention a few among many, were constant visitors. Holland House lies midway between the Kensington and Uxbridge Roads.