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Show Say jour tlmo Is limited to four woeks; or, betior than that, say six weeks, and Hint will glvo you a week In which to go and ono to como, nnd allow you a llitlo less than four weeks to "do" England. I would suggest seeing see-ing somo of tho famous cathedral towns on tho wn from Liverpool to London, direct route, nnd making various var-ious sldo excursions off tho main lino to n town hero and thero, Just by way of variety. Say you havo landed nt Liverpool. Tako tho nct train for Chester, Hint quaintest ol quaint towns, full of historical his-torical Inlc-rost tot us begin with Chester r-ntliodrni and condonso n fow Important facts nbout this and other Beautiful Ely. great houses of worship as wo go along. Tho patron saint of Chester cathedral was St. Wcrburgh. nnd tho church was originally establslhed by secular canons. In tho 11th century It wns ri'-founded as a Honcdlctlno monastery by tho Karl of Chester, who wns ruler of tho Welsh marshes. Then Henry VIII. mndo Chester the seat of tho bishopric, which extended northward north-ward Into Yorkshlro and Westmoreland. Westmore-land. Tho interior of ChesteY cathedral cathe-dral Is most effective. It Is 3C5 feet long by 75 foot wldo, and rises to a height In tho vaulting of 78 foot. Journeying on down to Llchflold wo como upon the vast cathedral. This ancient kingdom was converted Into Christianity by missionaries of tho Irish church nbout G53, nnd tho most famous bishop of this early tlmo was St. Chad, or Conddn. Abbot Chad he-came he-came bishop of York, visiting his wild diocese on foot nnd alone. Ho was finally nppointod to tho see of Lichfield. Lich-field. It Is nf this saintly man that tho beautiful stories nnd legends hnvo como down to us from Iledo. Thus tho cathedral of Lichllehl Is largely built with offerings Hint havo come to St. Chnd's shrine. From 11U0 until 1350 tho building wns never practically out of tho process pro-cess of coustiiictlou. Fiist the pulled pull-ed down tho Norman choir, and tho present structuio Is of about 1200. Somo twenty years Inter they began tho south transept. About ten ears-later ears-later thnu this tho north transept, chapter house and vestibule wcro commenced. The chapter house Is unique In design, being nn octagon, with two long and six short sides. Hero thero Is much beautiful glass by Kcmpo. About 1250 they commenced tho nave. This has now tho remarkn-blo remarkn-blo clerestory windows, .tho triangles fitting perfectly Into tho wnll-arches of tho vault, giving tho wholo nnange-mont nnange-mont a stability and urnprlcty which has nover been surpassed. wM WMnWmiWM & if III hmivi :0l Exeter Cathedral. In reality tho Interior of this cathedral ca-thedral Is small 405 by (15 foot with a height of f.0 feet in tho vaulting, hit tho liupiosslon from tho unbroken vista Is of a cathedral of vast length, terminating In tho wonderfully beautiful beauti-ful Lady chapel. Journojlng northward from London tho stretch of lovel country botween Audloy Knil nnd Cambrldgo Is dotted only with farms and cottago village Presently tho land grows hilly; hedges nro abundant; wooden windmills swing plcturesquoly through tho picture, nnd long rows of Lombnrdy poplnrs guard tho whlto roads, llejond lovely Cambrldgo Cam-brldgo wo traverse u lint country ngnln. l'very where mowers nro nt work, haystacks rise and dot tho plains. And then wo shut our eyes for n moment, and lot tho sccno changes completely. A gray tower rises superbly su-perbly from n tangle of green follago; clustered dwellings rnlso their roofs nnd chimneys below; a gray spire near by, and over all tho glorious sun-shino; sun-shino; nnd this Is Ely! Impatiently wo mount tho hill, along tho lnno known as tho "Onllory," and roach tho west end of tho cathedral. From tho summit of tho westorn tow er wo see below a sceno of wonderful beauty, Cambridge. Suffolk, Northampton Northamp-ton nnd tho country for thirty miles around. Fnr nway, n moro dark blot on tho scene, llos Peterborough. Thirty Thir-ty miles In tho opposite direction with a powerful glass wo might descry tho spires of Lynn, llclow us, closo nt our feet, lies ono of tho cleanest and prettiest towns In all England; full of twisted streets nnd clean-looking yellow yel-low brick houses with brown hats for tllo roofs. Tho cathedral Itself claims our quick attontlon. Way off In 073 think of It, no flguro 1 to placo before this dato In 073, then, n religious houso was founded hero by Ktholdreda, Queen of East Anglln. Tho Danes entered the llttlo vlllago In 870 nnd burned tho church, and 100 years lator the church wns repaired and a body of Benedictine monks placed thcro by Ethelwold. Later, in 1082, came tho Normans and began this present mammoth mam-moth houso of worship. Each of tho groat English abbeys has a distinctive character Ely Is not only glorious, but it Is nUo strange. Insldo tho church there Is no obstruction to your view from end to end of tho great pile. The cathedrals of Ely and Winchester Winches-ter nro very slmllnr; both hnvo tho aisles In tho west as well as tho cast trnnsopts. The nave of Ely has 13 I bays, its transepts three, and Its choir I flvo. Tho choir ends In a semi circular circu-lar apso. There Ib tho central tower and tho ono western tower, flanked with four turrets. Externally tho western west-ern transept gives tho cathedral groat breadth and dignity, and Insldo It Is tho most plcturesquo hit of Norman ' work throughout tho country. Of Ab-j Ab-j bot Simeon's 11th century work llttlo . is now loft except to tho east of tho organ In tho vnulllng shafts; the exterior ex-terior of tho west windows nnd tho lonle capitals of tho lower part of ' tho onstern walls of the transepts. I "Beautiful for situation, tho Joy of tho wholo earth." Thus is Lincoln cathedral ca-thedral described in u fow words. Lincoln Lin-coln Is not so vory old. Oh, dear, no; dating only from 1074! Tho exterior Is characterized by elegant proportions. propor-tions. Tho remarkably lino windows nro grouped most beautifully. Interiorly Inter-iorly It Is supposed to bo rathor bad, except that magn'floont angol choir. Tho proportions of tho Interior aro low nnd contorted. Tho original design de-sign was for Lincoln cathedral to havo flvo towers Instead of tho existing threo. |