of Russia, large enough to hold one or two men. After seeing
the rooms, we ascended the tower, whence is a fine view. We then walked
on the terrace, and went to join the rest of our party, who had gone
before us to the hotel.

We then went to get a look at the famous Eton school, about a mile
distant. The Eton boys amused me much. They go there very young, and
remain there a long while, till they are ready to enter the
universities. Their dress indicates their advancement in age and
standing. First comes a jacket, then a little suspicion of a tail,
which gradually lengthens and widens as maturity comes on, till, at
last, it is a perfect tail coat. I saw specimens in these various
stages of growth.

After one of the happiest weeks that ever mortals passed, I said a
reluctant farewell, and departed for London, where more kind friends,
whom I had never seen, were expecting my arrival. I can now, in my
mind's eye, see all the dear family on the steps or in the hall door,
giving us their parting blessing, and the old comfortable-looking
gentlemanly butler arranging my luggage. One of the dear family
accompanied me to the railroad, and saw me fairly on my way to London.

In London we again enjoyed the great pleasure of being received like
old friends, not heard there truly divine music. There is no describing
and no forgetting the effect of one of those sublime religious strains
that seem to burst forth from you know not where, and swell and grow
fuller and louder, and then more and more distant, and fainter and
fainter, till you think it dying in the distance, and then gush out
with an overwhelming fulness of harmony and beauty. One feels as if he
would hear such strains at the hour of death.

Our next object was St. Paul's. How different! how very different! In a
Gothic building, you think that the artist, who designed it, had in
mind the idea of the solemn forest where the crossing branches produce
all those beautiful lines and forms, which so delight your eye, and
where the dim, mysterious light awakens and accords with the religious
sentiment; but the effect of the great dome, which suggests the open
sky, is entirely opposite. The effect upon your mind of standing in the
middle of St. Paul's is very impressive; but what moved me most was the
sound of the people without the walls. No one of our party spoke, and
the noise of the busy multitude without was like the waves of the
ocean. I had heard the voice of many water