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CHAPTER LIT. ENGLAND REVISITED 1885 



Reason for going abroad after my resignation of the Cornell Presidency^ 

 in 1885. &quot; Tom Brown &quot; at sea ; sundry stories of his. Southwest of Eng 

 land. Visit to the historian Freeman at Wells. The Bishop and his palace. 

 The Judge s dinner. The Squires in the Court of Quarter Sessions. A. Glad- 

 stonian meeting; Freeman s speech; his defense of the last Abbot of 

 Glastonbury. Bishop Bickersteth at Heavitree and Exeter. The caves at 

 Torqxiay and their lessons. Worcester Cathedral and Deanery. &quot; The Bunga 

 low &quot; of Halli well-Phillips at Brighton. Oxford ; chapel of All Souls College ; 

 interesting change seen at Magdalen ; Bryce s comparisons between British 

 and American problems ; visits to various colleges. Discussions of university 

 affairs. Freeman s lectures. To Windsor. Stay with Sir Paul Hunter at 

 Mortimer. Visit to Bearwood. Mr. John Walter of the &quot; Times.&quot; Visit to 

 &quot; Bramshill.&quot; Cambridge. New acquaintances. Talks with Bishop Creigh- 

 ton and Sir Henry Maine. Beginnings of technical instruction at Cambridge. 

 A Greek play. Lord Lytton. Professor Seeley and his lectures. &quot; Audit 

 dinner&quot; at Trinity College. Professor Mahaffy s stories of Archbishop 

 Whately. London. Talks with Lecky 391 



CHAPTER LIII. FRANCE, ITALY, AND SWITZERLAND 1886- 



1887 



Mme. Blaze de Bury. From Paris to the Riviera. James Bryce. George 

 von Bunsen. Sir Charles Murray. Lord Acton ; discussions with the 

 latter; his wide range of knowledge; his information regarding Father 

 Paul, the Congregation of the Index, etc. Sir Henry Keating and the dis 

 cussion at the Cercle Nautique of Cannes. Lord Acton s view of Napoleon. 

 Florence ; talks with Villari. Naples ; the Doctrine of Intercession as shown 

 in sundry pictures. Amain. Sorrento; the Catechism of Archbishop 

 Apuzzo; Francis Galton ; his discussion of dreams; Marion Crawford ; Mr. 

 Mayall s story of Herbert Spencer. Visit to Monte Cassino ; talk with a novice. 

 Excursions in Rome with Lanciani. Cardinal Howard at St. Peter s. Dis 

 cussions of Italian affairs with Minghetti, Sambuy, and others. The sculptor 

 Story. Non-intercourse between Vatican and Quirinal. Judge Stallo. The 

 Abbot of St. Paul Outside the Walls ; his minute knowledge of certain 

 American affairs. Count de Gubernatis, at Florence, on the legendary char 

 acter of sundry Hindu marvels. Count Ressi and his Catawba wine. Al- 

 fieri Sostegno and his school for political and social studies. Ubaldino Pe- 

 ruzzi. Stay at the Italian lakes. Visit to my colleague, Minister Roth, in 

 Switzerland ; his duties as Landamman. The Abbey of St. Gall and its li 

 brary. Visit to the Engadine. Talks with the British Admiral Irvine, at 

 St. Moritz ; his advocacy of war vessels with beaks. Sermon at Geneva. 

 Talks with Mme. Blaze de Bury and Lecky at Paris. Architectural ex 

 cursions through the east of France. Outrages by &quot; restorers&quot; at Rheims 

 and at Troyes. London. Sermon by Temple, then bishop. More talks with 

 Lecky ; his views of Earl Russell and of Carlyle. Return to America . . .411 



CHAPTER LIV. EGYPT, GREECE, AND TURKEY 1888-1889 



A great sorrow and disappointment. Court of Appeals decides the Fiske 

 suit, June, 1888. Reasons for going abroad. Scotland revisited. Memorable 

 sermon at St. Giles in Edinburgh. Cathedral towns revisited. Sermons at 

 Lichfleld. The House of Commons; scene between the Irish leaders and 

 Mr. Balfour. A political meeting in Holborn. Excursions to Rugby ; to the 



