FLIGHT OF EMPRESS MAUD.
“How green are the English meadows with their hedgerows and trees!” said Wyllys.
“And how bright are the streams that run among them! An English landscape is more rich and varied than an American.”
“I never would tell of it,” said Tommy. “Grass is grass, and we have just as good grass at home as anywhere.”
“We have no buildings at home that are quite equal to Warwick Castle,” said Frank.
“It is better to admit excellences frankly wherever one is,” said Master Lewis, “and never let any prejudice color an opinion. When one is travelling it is well never to make a comparison.”
Few scenes are more charming, especially on a long sunny summer afternoon, than the college buildings of Oxford, separated by gardens, meadows, and rows of venerable trees, the latter as old as the roofs and spires that rise above them.
DEATH OF LATIMER AND RIDLEY.