This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 Excerpt: ... of Kings. Here we see Sennacherib on his throne with Jewish captives before him. Nor must we forget to notice the remains of the Temple of Diana of the Ephesians. You may remember that St. Paul, in the Acts of the Apostles, speaks of the goddess Diana and the man Demetrius who made silver shrines for her. PIECE OF THE ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 Excerpt: ... of Kings. Here we see Sennacherib on his throne with Jewish captives before him. Nor must we forget to notice the remains of the Temple of Diana of the Ephesians. You may remember that St. Paul, in the Acts of the Apostles, speaks of the goddess Diana and the man Demetrius who made silver shrines for her. PIECE OF THE ELGIN MARBLES. Back again in the hall, we will enter the door under the clock which leads through the Grenville Library to the Autograph collection. We cannot resist spending a little time looking over these letters of eminent persons. Here is one of Katherine of Aragon, Queen of Henrv VIII. and an j other of Lady Jane Grey, written from the Tower and dated 1553. How wonderful to think that we are reading letters written more than three hundred years ago, and yet so carefully preserved. Then there is a curious little missal, or book of prayers, said to have been used by Lady Jane Grey on the scaffold, and on the margin of the pages is some of her writing. Another small prayer book has been transcribed in Latin, French and Italian by Queen Elizabeth, dated 1545. Again we meet with letters of Martin Luther, Sir Walter Raleigh, Oliver Cromwell, Sir REMAINS OF TEMPLE OK DIANA. K Christopher Wren and Lord Nelson--the latter written on the eve of the battle of Trafalgar and never finished, for it was in that battle we lost our gallant sailor. But although there are so many more letters, J5c., which would entertain us, we must not linger over them, but make our way to the King's Library. This Library belonged to George III, and was given to the nation by George IV in the year 1823. On either side of it are cases containing collections of autographs and exquisite specimens of bookbinding from the earliest times. Some of the book covers are embroidere...
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