Mounted fragments rescued from the destruction of the dining-room paper which was on the walls of the King's Tavern or "Waffle Tavern" at Vernon (now Rockville), Connecticut, when Lafayette was entertained there in 1825. All the characters of Roman mythology were pictured in woodland scenes printed in gray and black, on small squares of paper carefully matched. Below these ran a band bearing the names of the characters represented; and below this, a grassy green dado dotted with marine pictures. (p. 69) PLATE XXXI. Canterbury Bells. Paper from Howe's Tavern, at Sudbury, Massachusetts,--the "Wayside Inn" of Longfellow's Tales. The fragment is in poor condition but possesses historic interest, having decorated the room in which Lafayette passed the night on his trip through America. (p. 67) [Illustration] [Illustration] _PLATE XXXII_ _PLATE XXXIII_ PLATE XXXII. The First Railroad Locomotive. Paper on an old house in High Street, Salem, supposed to represent the first railroad. The first trial of locomotives for any purpose other than hauling coal from the mines, took place near Rainhill, England, in 1829. The paper may celebrate this contest, at which of three engines was successful. (p. 89-90) PLATE XXXIII. High Street House Paper. Scene on opposite side of same room. The subject and figures seem English. The scenes are in colors, the dado in black and grey on white ground. [Illustration] [Illustration] _PLATE XXXIV_ _PLATE XXXV_ PLATE XXXIV. Pizarro in Peru. Remains of Pizarro paper in the Ezra Weston house now used for the famous Powder Point School for Boys, at Duxbury, Massachusetts. Formerly on sitting-room but now preserved in a small upper room; stained and dim. It was brought from Paris by Captain Gershom Bradford, and is supposed to depict scenes in Pizarro's invasion of Peru in 1531. The same figures are shown in successive scenes, more or less distinct though running into each other. (p. 97) PLATE XXXV. Pizarro in Peru. Another corner of same room. Both the paper and photograph are difficult to reproduce. [Illustration] [Illustration] _PLATE XXXVI_ _PLATE XXXVII_ PLATE XXXVI. Tropical Scenes. Paper from the Ham House at Peabody, Massachusetts, now occupied by Dr. Worcester. These scenes are quite similar to those of the Pizarro paper, and may have been the work of the same designer. PLATE XXXVII. Tropical Scenes. Ham house paper. Another side of room. [Illustration] [Illustration] _PLATE XXXVIII_ _PLATE XXXIX_ PLATE XXXVIII. On the Bosporus. From a house at Montpelier, Vermont, in which it was hung in 1825, in honor of Lafayette who was entertained there. The Mosque of Santa Sophia and other buildings of Constantinople are seen in the background. PLATE XXXIX. On the Bosporus.