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pleasant walks. The minster, wliicli rises on the highest ground within them, is 

 not the structure of u single age, but nevertheless exhibits a remarkable unity of 

 design. Its west front fully deserves its reputation, but the two towers which 



Fis. 121.— York Minster. 



flank it, as is the case with most of the old English cathedrals, are not sufficiently 

 lofty in proportion to the size of the nave. York, as compared with the more 

 modern towns in the manufacturing district, rejoices in the possession of greater 

 wealth bequeathed by the past. Its museums are more interesting, its scientific 



