season, is free on Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday, also on Monday and
Tuesday evening, from seven till ten, when the galleries are lighted; on
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, being students' days, the admission is
6d.

In form the building is rectangular, the centre or nave is 42 feet wide,
and is open from the floor to the roof. Along the aisles galleries run,
access to which is obtained by two large central staircases at the ends
of the building, which is for the most part lighted from the roofs.
There is ample ventilation, and by means of hot water pipes, the building
is heated when required. The exhibition space in floor and galleries is
nearly one acre and a half, exclusive of the wall space in the galleries
and aisles. The arrangement, it may be seen from this description, is
much the same as that adopted in the Great Exhibition of 1851. There are
separate catalogues for each department to be had, which give the visitor
all necessary information. The building was constructed from designs and
drawings prepared by Messrs. Charles D. Young and Co. of Great George
Street, Westminster. Opposite the Museum is Thurloe Place. No. 1 may be
mentioned as the residence of Mr. Henry Holl, well known some years ago
as the light comedian of the Haymarket Theatre. That gentleman has now
retired from the profession, but in addition to some dramatic productions
written many years since, he is the author of two or three successful
pieces recently produced. It is not the intention of the writer to
follow the course of the Old Brompton Road, but he will at once return to
the main road after alluding to the newly-formed magnificent approaches
from this point to Kensington, by Exhibition Road and Prince Albert's
Road, on the site of Brompton Park, now broken up. {62} A winter garden
is in course of formation here, and the Horticultural Society intend to
appropriate part of the ground for their annual fetes. The total amount
expended on the purchase and laying out of the Kensington Gore Estate
from 1851 to 1856 inclusive, was 277,309 pounds.

CHAPTER II.

FROM THE BELL AND HORNS, BROMPTON, TO LITTLE CHELSEA.

To return to the continuation of MICHAEL'S PLACE. It is divided between
Nos. 11 and 12 by MICHAEL'S GROVE, which led to Brompton Grange, for some
years the seat of the favourite veteran vocalist, Braham, who made his
appearance as a public singer at the age of ten years, and so far back as
1787. The Grange w