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Sunday, Nag 2Sh.-Attended service at
Westminster Abbey.
Monday, Ihy 29h.--The Crystal Palace
at Sydenham ian hours ride from London)
is an interesting place to pass day, afford
ing an opportunity for the study of both
Nature and Art. The gardens are most de-
/ lightful, their beautiful walks, serpcntine
streams, statues, fountains, and lawns, rem
der it unsurpassatle. 4 portion of the
building is appropriated to tropical trees
/ AID plants, to courts of Egyptian, Greek, and
Roman Sculpture and Architecture; also
copies of the master pieces of all the great
sculptors and artists of both ancient and
modern times.
Tuesday, Nay 30h-Hampton Court, the
palace of Henry VIII, presented to him by
Cardinal Wolsey, is finely situated on the
! banks ofthe Thames and surrounded by ma
ny acres of ground beautifully laid out in
/ lawns. lakes. avenues and fountains. In the
winery is a grapevine li2 years old, bearing
annually 800 pounds Of grapes. In the low
est part of the grounds is maze which,
with its devious windings affords much a.
musement to reach its centre. The palace
is of red brick with stone ornaments. 1t
was the birth place of Edward VI. The
masks and tournaments of Philip, Mary,
and Elizabeth occurred here; also the ccle
bration of Cromwell's daughters marriage
to Lord Falc9nbury. The interior Of the
palace contains II extensive collection OF
paintings and tapestry, the Latter represent
ing incidents in the history of Alexander
the Great and among the portraits are the
beauties of the Court of Charles II. In the
bed room of King William III is the state
bed of Queen Charlotte, hung with satin and
fine embroidered drarery Bushy Park is
noted for its beautiful avenue Ct chestnut
trees, over q mile long, planted by William
of Orange it is delightful drive. Kew
Gardens, the finest botanical gardens in the
world, containing several hundred acres laid
out in howers, has an extensive Palm-houSe
and many Conservatives and fountains. At
S p. ". visited the Gayety Theatre and saw
Sarah Bctrhafdt act III the play Of Adrienne
Lecouycre.
Wednesday, .tay 9lst.-Hyde Park, the
fashionable London drive, contains $50 a
cres, and is laid out with fine carriage roads
and paths intersecting each other at every
point, the portion called Rotten Row " be-
ing devoted exclusively to cqrestrians. On
the southern limit of the Park stands the
Albert Memorial, said to be the finest statue
in the world costing $500, 900. The four
large marble groups at the oeter corners
represent Europe, Asia, Africa and Ameri-
ca the upper corner marble groups repre-
sent Agriculture, Manufactures, Commerce,
and Engineering. The carved figures wh.
surround the base number 1863, and repre-
sent renowned painters, poets, andsculptors.
The monument is $50 feet high Of brown
stone, and under the canopy which is stud
ded with u, 2,0c0 gem stones, is seated the fl
CURE of Prince Albert in gilt. Leaving the
park and driving down Piccadilly, we pass
Buckinfham Palace, the Queens city resi-
dence), Marlborough House, (the hcme of
the Prince of Wales st. James Park and
Palace, to Trafalgar Square, central point
in London which contains fine monument
to Nelson, surrounded by fourtains, colossal
lions. and statues. Continuing down the
Strand the principal thorousfare of Lon
don) passed most of the theatres, Summer
set House, Temple Bar, and stopped at the
Bank of England, the Treasury Of Great
Britain
Thursday, Jane lst.-1hc British Museum
is magnificent edifce in the Grecian style
of architecture, and contains an immense
and ancient collection of original Mss, T.
gyptian, Greek and Roman antiquities, mau
soleums, EIgin Statuary, Assyrian relics,
and Geological and Mineral collections. In
the Egyptian department, besides many Of
the Oldest stone inscriptions known 10 exist,
is the Rosetta Stone" carved with Hero
glyphic, Euchoral, and Greek Characters,
dating 1913 years before Christ. This stone
was found near Rosetta and was instrumen-
tai in enabling scholars to decipher hero
glyphic characters and through them learn
ancient history. st. Paui's Cathedral loca-
ted in the most central part Of the netTcpo
lis. stands on the site where formerly stood