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by the great kindness of Mrs. Dent, we were taken round in detach- 

 ments, and at the end of the afternoon tea was provided for us in the 

 old hall. The house, which has been the home of many noble 

 families and the lodging of several sovereigns, is interesting in itself, 

 but, perhaps, still more for the art-treasures and curios with which 

 Mrs. Dent has enriched it. One might leave the Castle with a very 

 fair knowledge of the periods of the Tudors and Stuarts by examining 

 the relics that crowd these old chambers, and it certainly makes 

 the dead past live to see the actual chest of Charles I., found at 

 Naseby, that contained the incriminating papers, and the portrait of 

 the Infanta that helped to stimulate him to undertake the ill-fated 

 journey to Spain. Not the least attractive part was the maze, 

 resembling that at Hampton Court, which has been recently planted. 

 The final resting-place of the Queen, Katharine Parr, is in the 

 adjoining Chapel. 



A lecture on Architecture, illustrated by magic lantern slides of 

 the English Cathedrals, was delivered by the President of the Section 

 at Thirlestaine Villa, on December 2nd, and on the following 

 Wednesday, as a supplement to it, a party visited the Parish Church, 

 which serves excellently to illustrate some of the periods of English 

 Architecture, and which should be better known than it is. 



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