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Guide to Belfast, 



The Campbell College (opened in 1894) is situated in 

 the beautiful demesne of Belmont, at the terminus of one 

 of the tramway lines on the County Down side, 3^, miles 

 from Castle Junction. It was founded in accordance with 

 the will of the late H. J. Campbell of Craigavad, County 

 Down, who left a legacy of about ^200,000 for the building 

 and endowment of a high-class public school. 



CAMPBELL COLLEGE. 



Victoria College, The Crescent (founded in 1859 by 

 Mrs. Byers for the education of girls), has had a most 

 successful career in the higher education of women. 



St. Malachy's Diocesan College, at Vicinage, a short 

 distance from Carlisle Circus. This Roman Catholic 

 College provides education for boys in all branches of 

 study. 



There are numerous educational establishments of a high 

 class in or near the city, of which the foregoing are the 

 principal. 



Of public institutions of an educational character may be 

 briefly mentioned the Free Public Library, Art Gallery, 

 AND Museum, Royal Avenue (opened in 1888); is one of the 

 finest buildings in Belfast. Besides the lending and reference 

 departments, it contains a good collection of antiquities 

 and natural history objects, presented to the city by the 

 late Canon Grainger. A bronze statue of the Earl of 

 Belfast, by MacDowell, a native of the city (who executed 

 the figures of William Pitt, Lord Chatham, and Viscount 

 Exmouth, in St. Stephen's Hall, Westminster, and one of 



