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THURSDAY.  DECEMBER  31,  1896. 
‘NEW  YEAR’S  GREETING- 
— — *0* 
Do  I  remember  the  Queen’s  Accession  ?  Well 
my  young  squireen,  why  do  yon  ask  the 
question  ?  Is  it  that  you  may  draw  oat  from  me 
a  confession  as  to  what  my  age  is,  and  then  rail 
at  me  and  ask  why  such  an  old  fogie  should  not 
give  way  to  some  younger  hand  in  writing  the 
New  Year’s  greeting  which  the  Journal  always 
gives  to  its  readers  ?  Do  I  remember  it  ?  OiE 
course  I  do  !  1  was  sitting  ontside  the  caf^  in 
the  Piazzt  del  Domo  at  Milan,  facing  that  elabo¬ 
rate  piece  of  modern  Italian  architectnre  which, 
with  all  its  wonderful  elaboration  of  detail,  never 
seemed  to  satisfy  one  as  do  the  simpler  specimens 
of  G-othic  architecture,  such  as  St.  Ouen  at  Bouen. 
I  took  up  Gallignani,  which  was  then  the  only 
paper  that  really  gave  any  news  to  the  travelling 
Englishman,  and  there  I  read  that  the  Sailor 
King  had  departed,  and  that  his  young  niece  had 
succeeded  to  the  throne,  and  so  I  cried  out,  “  Le 
Roi  est  mort,  vive  Id  Reine  I  ”  and  therefore  that 
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event  of  which  everyone  is  now  talking  left  an 
impression  on  my  mind  that  time  cannot  efface. 
I  was  then  in  the  full  heyday  of  early  man¬ 
hood,  and  was  on  my  return  home  after  a  delight¬ 
ful  drive  through  Italy,  which  I  am  faiu  to  think 
we  enjoyed  as  no  one  does  now,  in  these  days  of 
steam  and  hurry.  Few  ever  go  now  by  Viterbo, 
Thrasymene,  Bolseno,  and  over  the  heights  of 
the  Appennines  by  Radicofani.  There  were  four 
of  us,  and  we  had  our  own  carriage  and  drove 
leisurely  day  by  day.  Of  the  four  I  am  the  sole 
survivor,  and  the  scenes  of  those  days  are  as 
fresh  in  my  memory  as  if  they  had  happened 
yesterday. 
But  what,  yon  may  say,  my  young  friends, 
has  all  this  to  do  with  the  New  Year  s  greeting 
of  1897  ?  Well,  perhaps  hue  very  little,  and  my 
sole  excuse  is  that  it  does  touch  a  little  on  the 
event  which  we  are  all  thinking  about,  and  may 
perhaps  tend  to  show  that  I  take  no  gloomy  or 
pessimistic  views  either  of  the  past  or  present- 
Did  I  care  about  flowers  then  ?  Yes,  and  the 
one  flower  in  which  at  that  time  I  was  specially 
interested  has  ever  been  my  favourite  through 
life — the  Auricula — and  thus  my  love  for  flowers 
is  no  fitful  or  changeful  thing,  but  has  been  one 
of  those  enjoyments  which  have  brightened  my 
path.  As  I  have  no  doubt  many  pens  will  be 
I  No.  2618.— Vor,.  XOV.,  Old  Series. 
Na  862.— VoL.  XXXIIL,  Third  Seriss. 
