The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-12-04


 art and science by means of systematic training of competent teachers, the forming of schools of art and the estab- lishment of art libraries, To conduct this vast institution costs the national eSchequer no less than two million dol lars per annum. It was opened in 1857, and has bsen visited by more than forty million people, No written de- scriptlon can begin to give even the slightest idea of the priceless treasures to be seen in the South Kensington Mu- scum. A day spent at the Crystal pal ace is pleasant experience, but this will not touch upon. It is hackneyed subject, and nearly everybody Is well acquainted with that wonderful build ing and its wonderful contents. was greatly interested In examining the col- onies of ants which are shown by means of electric light and magnifying glasses.
 The gardens cover an area of oyer two hundred acres and are most beau tifully laid out in the Italian and Eng llsh style of gardening. The fountains are the finest in the world and two of these throw their jets to a height of 2S0 feet, and the quantity of water thrown up averages 12O,OOO gallons per minute. Visitors to London never tire of visiting Westminster Abbey and St, Paul's Cathedral. I visited these two great loadstones very often and always counted in St. Margarets, where Canon Farrar, now Dean of Canterbury, preached for many years. I should al- most be content to pitch my tent pre- maturely within the kindly embrace of the walls of Westminster Abbey, the greatest historic pivot of England. The houses of parliament make up one of the grandest piles in the world. They cover nearly ten acres, and there are nearly eleven hundred apartments. | The great room known as Westminster hall was founded by the Anglo Saxon kings, and it is exceedingly rich and historic in its associations. In the cor ridor running from the House of Lords | to the central hall noticed a dozen or more frescoes on the walls. I was rather surprised that one of these rep 1 resented the sailing of the Maytlower l for New England, and on the stern of a rowboat pulling away from the shore | was the name of the Mayflower. There l is world of deep interest wrapped up l in the Temple and Inns of Court, and consider the old Temple Church one of the most interesting spots in Eng land.
 Regents park covers five hundred acres of territory, and this is a bit of lovely country to be found within the limits of large city.
 The magnificent Geological Garden is situated in Regents park, and in the same park are the Botanic Gardens, under the control of a private society, | and to enter 1t, strange to say, one must ogtain ticket from a subscriber. I was greatly interested in viewing the mammoth leaves of the Victoria Re- gia," the celebrated water lily. There were eight leaves, or rather, lily pads; they develop quickly in two weeks and are no less than eight feet in diameter; | they easily support a weight of six hun dred pounds. One morning, as I was on my way to Scotland Yard to find the office for lost articles, I stopped to visit the Royal United Service Museum, l which is to be found in Whitehall Pal ace, in the old banqueting hall. Car dinal Wolsey once resided here, and Henry VIII. and others of the rulers l of England had their homes in this same building.
 From one of it's windows a staging was constructed, and over it passed King Charles I. to his execution, and Charles II. died in this palace in 1885. l The Royal United Service Museum has 5000 members. The entrance fee is fl; it's aim is to collect objects con- nected with the military and naval 1 professions, and it is one of the most 1 interesting museums in this city of London. Here are to be seen weapons I and arms of many nations.
 The European Armory is especially interesting. The swords of Wolfe, | Cromwell and Nelson are preserved here, and many most interesting ob- jects are exposed 10 view in the cases The Asiatic Armory is filled with nu- I merous and most singular knives and l weapons. Then there are an infinite number of objects of naval interest," models of celebrated British ships of war, engines ot war, docks. anchors ] dlIu Sll1pS 6Cdl OL hll hlhuS, lCliNS oL Franklin's expedition to the North Pole; also many relics from the famous Royal George" sunk at Spithead in | 1782. Glass cases contain personal rel ics of Drake, Captain Cook, Napoleon, Wellington and many other heroes. In one of the rooms Is an immense model of the battle of Trafalgar, with "Vistory leading a perfect procession of British ships, bursting through the French line of battle ships. This model is about forty feet in circumference. Another room contains the great model of the battle of Waterloo. II IS an im- mense affair, and every portion of the actual field is represented by engineers who visited the famous locality to make their surveys. Ten years were occupied to frame this model, in which there are 1900 figures, represented in such a vivid manner that one can fancy the battle is actually waging; the roar of the guns and the tramp of | the soldiers can almost be heard.
 There is also a perfect representa- tion of the siege of Sebastapol, which repays a close investigation.
 With your permission I will shortly give an account of my visit to Windsor Castle and Hampton Court, and then, without further reference to England, will later on develop some of my Ital-