THE ILLUSTRATIONS. 



BoLDRE Chuuoh, wliich, for twenty-seven years, 

 "vvas the scene of Gilpin's public ministrations, 

 forms the subject of the frontispiece, which is 

 engraved from an admirable drawing very kindly 

 made for us by Mrs. Lister Kay. ' Gilpin's Maple' 

 is seen on the right, by the church, and under its 

 shadow is his grave. Eeference to this famous 

 tree will be found at page 82, where Gilpin says, 

 ' One of the largest Maples I have seen stands in 

 the churchyard of Boldre, in New Forest.' Our 

 especial acknowledgments are due to Mrs. Lister 

 Kay for this drawing, for, during two visits 

 which she made to the churchyard for the pur- 

 pose of her sketch, the rain, on both occasions, 

 came down with unceasing persistency. But the 

 artist worked, perseveringly, under an umbrella, for 

 ,she had to leave England for a three months' tour 



