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Show GL\I N.\ Sl Ui\f, PO:\I PEII acceptability during our five clays sojourn there. \\'e experienced t heir every method of transportation; the coupe, the four-wheeler, the unique and always fu ll, bu t never crowded omnibus, and the a ut omobile ; and the skill witl1 wh ich cabman and chauffeur piloted us through tho c congested thoroughfare. is a fac t tha t i~ both amazing and admirable. Our guide md u at the hotel the first mornin g, ancl after the u.ual form alities. he asked, '·\\'here would .' ou like to go f1rst ?'' \Ve told him that \1\'e were here to see the g reat city and its environs, and that we would leave the en tire program to him. Our carriage and a ut omobile were at his disposal, in our interest. "\-en well. then \\T will vi sit London Tower first,'' - he ~aiel. Quite a dis tance from our hotel is locate<l the famous London Tower. r was g reatly di-.appointed upon r eaching tbi rueful old build-ing the first time, because r had antic ipated finding one magnificent nld t<mer that would prove an inspiration; but my tho ught wa. turned into gre<tt confu:,ion \\hen I l>cheld a number of simply ord inary tO\\ crs \\ hich had hecome fam ous or infamous hectuse 1 hey had held so man} distinguislwd prisonl'rs within them. The principal building here is the \\ hite Tower; it i-, the oldest anwng palace prisons, and it i-; said ttl ha\e been !milt h: \\ illiam the l'o nquerm, more than eight hundred years ago. To this original building others have IH.'Cn acldccl fru111 time to time, un til there arc a!Jout twentyfin: acres occupi ed h) the enclosure which has routained the mo:,t in famous and unspeakable lwrrors of 1\'hich histor) relates. li you would know <;omcwhat of the tory herein recorded let the Duke oi Clarence, Edward\"., J-.: a tharinc lloward . • \nne J1olcyn, S ir \\ 'alter Raleigh, and I';q,tr One llnndred Thirty- ·even |