This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 Excerpt: ...and St. John's College, seeing the chapel, library, and kitchen; also the chapel, library, and kitchen of Trinity, where they daily dine 600 undergraduates; after which, to the Fitzwilliam Museum and Pembroke College, holding only 44 undergraduates; and lastly, to Corpus, Peterhouse, King's, and Queen's. The chapel at ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 Excerpt: ...and St. John's College, seeing the chapel, library, and kitchen; also the chapel, library, and kitchen of Trinity, where they daily dine 600 undergraduates; after which, to the Fitzwilliam Museum and Pembroke College, holding only 44 undergraduates; and lastly, to Corpus, Peterhouse, King's, and Queen's. The chapel at King's said to be the finest in Christendom, commenced by Edward IV., and built by different kings to Henry VIII., Richard III. having contributed 700 toward it. Walk through the beautiful grounds of King's, Caius, Clare, and St. John's, down to the boating-station. May 2.--Leave Cambridge by train at 1.30; reach Audley End, the magnificent seat of Lord Braybrook, a splendid estate given by Henry VIII. to the first Lord Cornwallis, con-----taining one of the grandest of halls and dining-68 1 rooms; the house, once a Benedictine monas- s. tery. A mile beyond is Saffron Walden, where 68 1 the church is said to be the finest parish church in England. Back to Cambridge at 5.30. Expense, 10 May 3.--Leave Cambridge at 1.30 by train for Ely (The Lamb), 16 miles, arriving at 2. See the cathedral, by far the most ornate of all the English cathedrals; the wood carvings over the stalls most beautiful; fifteen to twenty subjects from the Old, and as many from the New Testament. The Reredos of alabaster wonderfully carved and enriched with precious stones, at a cost of 3,000. Bill at Cambridge, 9 16 May 4.--Leave Ely at 10.48, reaching King's Lynn (The Globe) at 11.55. After lunch at 1, taking a carriage, drive to Sandringham, 8 miles; seat of the Prince of Wales; an inferior house (in 1866), but a grand, new, and spacious kitchen-garden of fifteen acres--seven within, and eight without the walls. The trees beautifully trained, the pears ...
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