The Delights of Old Worcester 
which Charles made his hasty exit, is still 
shown to the interested visitor, and far be 
it from any one to discredit such hap¬ 
penings when under the glamour of the spell 
which this romantic old place weaves about 
one. As it is Mr. Littlebury’s desire to 
further the romantic history of his delightful 
home, nothing has been left undone to re¬ 
store the former glory of its setting. The 
greatest care has been expended in its furnish¬ 
ing, and one is translated into the early 
centuries immediately one sets foot within 
the noble old refectory with its Jacobean fit¬ 
tings. From here one is conducted up the 
beautiful Elizabethan staircase, its polished 
carvings black with age, through halls and 
the set of offices—Mr. Littlebury carrying on 
his business of publishing in a part of the 
building—all filled with priceless furnish¬ 
ings of old oak. And still on the visitor may 
go into what was the dormitory proper of the 
hospital from which one gets glimpses of 
many fascinating rooms. In the most im¬ 
portant of these, wholly sealed with time- 
stained oak, and from which a small window 
opens into the refectory below, is the famous 
“Apostles Bed,”—so called because of the 
carving of the twelve apostles upon its head- 
board. This was done to Mr. Littlebury’s 
order, the bed being made of some of the oak 
taken from the old cathedral at the time of 
its restoration about thirty years ago. 
Mr. Littlebury, who takes great delight in 
personally showing all visitors through his 
famed home, has a most gracious and hos¬ 
pitable personality, and his home has long 
been the Mecca of the artistic and literary 
colony of all England. 
The Jalta Pass, Jeypore 
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