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added, in the way of pretty tables and chairs, with 

 draperies and screens, their favorite photographs, 

 etc. I think you all know the look of a college girl's 

 room, and I did not see that they differed much from 

 ours. The grounds are large and prettily planted; 

 there are lawn-tennis grounds and spaces laid out 

 for croquet. Whether golf reigns there I did not learn, 

 but the general aspect is certainly very attractive. 

 The distance of Girton from the University, about 

 two miles I should think, struck me as objectionable. 

 There are no tramways or any regular line of coaches, 

 and the college is obliged to provide carriages for 

 driving the students into the town for all lectures. I 

 heard nothing of bicycles there, though I should 

 think it would be not only a quicker but a more eco- 

 nomical way of making the short journey. . . . 



Returning from Girton we went the same after- 

 noon to Newnham upon invitation. Mrs. Sidgwick, 

 who is Principal at Newnham, is a shy, reserved 

 woman, the very impersonation in appearance and 

 manners of the English gentlewoman, so gentle and 

 seemingly timid that one wonders to find her in so 

 responsible and prominent a post. But I fancy her 

 decision and force of character are well balanced with 

 her gentleness of manner. She and her husband, Pro- 

 fessor Sidgwick, make their home at Newnham, hav- 

 ing an apartment in the main building. Her position 

 is simply one of choice, arising from her interest in 

 the University education of women. She is of the Bal- 

 four family, is the sister of Arthur Balfour now a 

 member of the English Cabinet. Her fortune is large, 



