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himself, how they find time for the gratification of their tastes; for, as he 

 says, the professors rise late, lunch leisurely, spend the afternoons in some 

 kind of sport or exercise, dine late and well, and linger long at table. There 

 appears to be left for work only some hours towards midnight. On the other 

 hand he thinks, perhaps, a cloudy sky is more favorable for concentration 

 of thought, and if perchance one does undertake mental labor in the day- 

 time one's mind is not distracted by the allurements of the brilliant sunlight 

 which in America makes one impatient of any but the outdoor life. 



Mrs. Liddell gave Mr. Shaler an amusing account of the Emperor of 

 Brazil's recent visit. His Majesty, it seems, is an inveterate sight-seer and 

 showed frantic haste in going from place to place. One morning at five 

 o'clock he roused the household that he might go to Blenheim. On the out- 

 skirts of Oxford, at a shop where a grocerman was just taking down the 

 shutters, he stopped his carriage and bought some buns. From time to time 

 His Majesty dipped into the brown paper bag that held them and apparently 

 relished the buns, much to the disgust of his stately host, who for polite- 

 ness' sake was obliged to swallow one. The only respite that his entertainers 

 enjoyed during his stay was just after a visit to the Astronomical Observatory, 

 which the Emperor stormed late one night when every one but Professor 

 Adams had gone to bed. In his tour of observation, anxious to examine 

 some part of one of the instruments, he knelt on the floor and on attempt- 

 ing to rise gave his imperial head a resounding blow. A bandage took the 

 place of a crown, and, carried back to Trinity College, he was put to bed and 

 advised by the doctor not to leave it until he thought it wise to let him do 

 so. Every one heaved a sigh of relief and prepared to give himself twenty- 

 four hours of rest at least. But next day at luncheon, just as they were 

 comfortably seated at the table, without warning, in popped the Emperor, 

 and shortly after activities set in with unabated fury, which lasted until the 

 end. 



Sunday. We were invited by Mrs. Liddell to take afternoon tea with 

 Prince Leopold. He is rather an awkward youth, his face dull, but his man- 

 ners are unassuming. He was not half so agreeable or fluent in speech as 

 his clever Irish tutor. After my talk with the prince one of the ladies asked 

 if I had felt embarrassed. " No," I said, " he is very much like some of our 

 own students," whereupon she looked at me as if I were demented. 



It might as well be mentioned here, though recorded later, 

 that after a few days there came through Dr. Acland an invita- 

 tion from the Prince to Mr. Shaler to take luncheon with him 

 at his villa on the outskirts of Oxford. In the afternoon, while 



