Excerpt from Illustrated Interviews

Mr. Gilbert lives in a little land of his own. There is nothing wanting to complete his miniature kingdom at Græme's Dyke, Harrow Weald. With a hundred and ten acres at his disposal, the most brilliant writer of irresistible satire of the day has laid down a healthy two miles of paths, which wend their way through banks of moss and ferns, avenues of chestnut trees, and secluded valleys. You turn out of one pathway only to enter a diminutive forest, again, and you are standing by the rushes and water weeds by the side of the old Dyke, which has run its course for two thousand years and more, spanned by rustic bridges, and in one part, near the bathing-house, is a statue of Charles II., which originally stood, years ago, in Soho Square.

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