Tour in England, Ireland, and France, in the years 1826, 1827, 1828 and 1829. with remarks on the manners and customs of the inhabitants, and anecdotes of distiguished public characters. In a series of letters by a German Prince.

LETTER X.

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Hawkestone Park. Uncommonly beautiful scenery. The red castle and New Zealander's hut. More manufactories. Dangerous employment. The room in which Shakspeare was born. His grave. Various parks. The Judith of Cigoli. Blenheim. Vandalism. Pictures. Oxford. Its Gothic aspect. The Sovereigns as Doctors. The Museum. Tradescant and his bird Dodo. The blue dung-beetle in the character of a knight. Elizabeth's riding gaiters, and her lover's locks of hair. The library. Manuscripts. Stowe. Overloading. Louis the Eighteenth's lime trees. Valuables behind a grating. Decoration for Don Juan. Portrait of Shakspeare. Ninon de l'Enclos. Balustrade. Christmas pantomimes......81