The widow. Love of the English for horrors. More agreeable travelling
companion. Examinations, and learned examiners. Stonehenge. Sinister
meeting and accident. Salisbury Cathedral. Monuments. The spire.
Frightful ascent. The hawk on the cross, and the bishop's pigeons. His
Lordship's functions. Pious wish for my Country. Mirror of the past and
future. Wilton castle. The Chatelaine antiques. Pictures. Temple built
by Holbein. Talent and taste of English ladies. Entrance by stratagem.
Langford park. Fine pictures. Egmont. Alba. Orange. Emperor Rudolph's
throne. Boxing-match, the betting coachman. Modern English aristocratic
morality. March of intellect. Military school. Fox-chace. National duty.
The new year. London. Canterbury cathedral. The Black Prince. Splendour
of colouring. The archbishop. The damaged boiler. Dover fortress. Short
passage. The air of France. The jetty. English children. Unequal contest
between a French bonne and a resolute little English girl. The chief and
father of dandies. Anecdotes......469