300 AUSTRALfA AND HOMEWARD. 



Out of the Viaduct into Hoi born Circus, into Hol- 

 born, into High Holborn, into New Oxford Street, into 

 Old Oxford, having come considerably over a mile in 

 the 'bus. We had better run over for five minutes, and 

 just take a lodk at the great British Museum, and then 

 walk a few blocks to Bedford Square, to call on dear 

 old Mrs. Margaret Bright Lucas, the acknowledged 

 head of the temperance women of the world. 



She is a sister to the Hon. John Bright, and is just 

 as strong-minded as he. When she thought her 

 brother John did not favor the temperance move- 

 ment as much as he ought, she criticised him, and 

 denounced his action just as strongly as any one. 



She is a humble, pious Quakeress, loving God and 

 her race with all her heart. 



We will turn back into Oxford Street, and walk to 

 Oxford Circus and on to Hyde Park. I think we had 

 better have a luncheon; so, as we have not much time 

 and must be as economical as possible, we will turn in 

 here where we see steaming sausages in the window. 

 We will get two links, each four or five inches long, 

 hot, right off the griddle, with a very big spoonful of 

 lovely white, mashed potatoes, also hot, for threepence. 

 Then we can get a good roll of white bread and a 

 splendid cup of coffee, each a penny. All for fivepence 

 ten cents. A dinner good enough for a king, and 



