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a copy of a brochure written by himself, for private circulation 
only, in which the chief features of interest in the Royal and 
State Apartments were concisely and lucidly described. This 
timely and very acceptable gift was of great service to the 
members in their walk through the various rooms in the Castle, 
and will be treasured by them among the souvenirs of their visit 
to Windsor. In it are noticed the most famous of the collections 
of rare and valuable works of art in the Royal Castle, among which 
are the oil paintings by the distinguished masters—Rubens, Van- 
dyck, Zuccarelli, Canaletto, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Gainsborough, 
Hogarth, Sir Thomas Lawrence, Sir David Wilkie, Sir George 
Hayter, and many other eminent artists—miniatures, drawings, 
engravings, books and manuscripts, old china, bronzes, armour and 
arms, ancient tapestry, French and English furniture, rich cabinets, 
and gold plate, the last alone being estimated to be worth the 
sum of £1,800,000. Only a very cursory inspection could be 
made of what was seen of these wondrous collections, the greatest 
interest being taken in the portraits of the reigning Royal 
Family, and in those of the famous warriors in the Waterloo 
Chamber. 
It was not easy to tear ourselves away from the State 
Apartments, with all their wealth of historical associations, their 
beautiful pictures, tapestries, carvings, and faience, but only a 
limited time could be given to an inspection of them, in view of 
the extended programme of the day, which had just been begun. 
It may be permissible to say, however, that as good Scotsmen, 
the visitors were much interested to notice in St George’s Hall, 
amid the banners and insignia of the Knights of the Garter, a 
chair made from a beam of ‘‘ Alloway’s Auld Haunted Kirk,” 
with Burns’s poem of “Tam o’ Shanter” engraved on the back of 
it upon brass panels, 
Ture Rounp Tower. 
The party afterwards had the privilege of climbing to the top 
of the Round Tower, which is the oldest part of the Castle 
buildings now extant. The Tower has a diameter of 101 feet, 
with the top rising to about 350 feet above the level of the Thames, 
and from such a grand standpoint twelve counties are said to be 
visible on a clear day. On this particular forenoon a slight haze 
