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it is directly across the street from the entrance to 

 the South Kensington Museum. 



We must also give a few hours to the Natural 

 History Society's building near by. We shall find 

 here a magnificent collection of stuffed birds and 

 animals, and of skeletons of animals and fish, besides 

 an almost endless variety of minerals. 



Here we shall see also the " Albert Memorial," one 

 of the most costly and beautiful works of art in all 

 London. It was erected by the Queen in memory of 

 her good husband. 



Very near it, across the street, is the great Royal 

 Albert Hall, which seats comfortably 8,000 persons. 

 It is a circular building, erected at the suggestion 

 and, I believe, under the supervision of the Prince 

 Consort. All round about on the outside, just under 

 the eaves, are the following inscriptions, in large let- 

 ters : " THINE, O LORD, is THE KINGDOM AND THE POWER 



AND THE GLORY. ALL THAT ARE IN THE HEAVENS AND 

 THE EARTH ARE THINE. THE HEARTS OF MEN ARE IN 



THINE HAND." Immediately in rear of it is the Royal 

 College of Music, which is controlled by a Board of 

 Directors, of which the Prince of Wales is Chairman. 

 The College is under the management of Sir George 

 Orove. 



We must also visit Madam Tussaud's and see the 



