by the black cloak. Thus the brightest possible light was thrown on the
magnified eye, while there was corresponding increased gloom around.

When last I heard of Studley Grange it was let for a term of years and
Sir Henry had gone abroad. I have not heard that he has married again,
but he probably will, sooner or later.

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_The Queen of Holland._

BY MARY SPENCER-WARREN.


Her Majesty the Queen-Regent of Holland has graciously accorded
special permission to the writer of the following article to
visit the Royal Palaces of Amsterdam and The Hague to obtain
photographs for publication in this Magazine: a privilege of
the greatest value, which is now accorded for the first time,
the palaces never before having been photographed.


[Illustration: THE ROYAL PALACE, AMSTERDAM.
_From a Photo. by Gunn & Stuart, Richmond._]

"I know a city, whose inhabitants dwell on the tops of trees like
rooks." Thus spake Erasmus; and this literal fact makes Amsterdam a most
curious as well as a most interesting place.