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. 1903 Excerpt: ... the Club presented to each of them a copy of "Bacon's Essays," specially and artistically bound. The places selected for the excursion in 1891 were Lincoln and Petex-borough, and they were visited on the 26th and 27th of June. Dr. Butler, the Dean of Lincoln, showed the party over the Cathedral and precincts, and ...
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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. 1903 Excerpt: ... the Club presented to each of them a copy of "Bacon's Essays," specially and artistically bound. The places selected for the excursion in 1891 were Lincoln and Petex-borough, and they were visited on the 26th and 27th of June. Dr. Butler, the Dean of Lincoln, showed the party over the Cathedral and precincts, and entertained them at tea. Here it may be said that in this case, as in those of the other Cathedrals which were visited, special opportunities were afforded through the kind attention of the guides for a fuller acquaintance than is generally made with the surrounding buildings, which are in many cases little less interesting than are the main structures themselves. Proceeding to Peterborough, the members were met and welcomed by the Bishop, Dr. Mandell Creighton, who himself led them over the Cathedral, and afterwards entertained them at luncheon at the Palace. It may be allowable to say that the conversation and the manners of their host, too short although the opportunities were, impressed his guests with a sense of the capacity and character of the prelate which caused and justified his translation to the important see of London, and if he had lived might well have led to his call to a still more lofty place in the hierarchy of his Church. The ride over the broad Yorkshire Moors to Bolton Abbey, which was made on the 29th June, 1894, was delightful and invigorating, and when the Club arrived at that central stage of its excursion it found in the Rev. A. P. Howes and Mrs. Howes a genial host and a charming hostess. Tea was served in the grounds of the Rectory, and the recollection of the scene when on a brilliant summer day, in a beautiful garden under the shadow of the grand old Abbey, a cheerful party sat scattered, enjoying at once t...
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