occupied at the present time by Mr. and Mrs. Morgan Richards, the
parents of "John Oliver Hobbes" (Mrs. Craigie), who is a frequent
visitor.


[Illustration: _Appuldurcombe Abbey._]

APPULDURCOMBE ABBEY.--The ancient seat of the Worsley family, the
present building was erected in the eighteenth century by Sir Robert
Worsley. Here the Benedictine monks had a Priory in the time of
Henry III. It was dissolved by Henry V, Sir Richard Worsley died in
1805, and the house became the property of the Earl of Yarborough,
who had married the niece and heiress of the family. After being
used as a school for many years, it is now occupied by Benedictine
monks, In a beautiful park of four hundred acres, with a lofty down
behind it, the house appears to be a well secluded and charming
retreat. There is a public footpath through the meadow in front
of the house.


[Illustration: _Steephill Cove, near Ventnor._]

STEEPHILL COVE, NEAR VENTNOR.--Taking the cliff path from Ventnor
to the west within a little more than a mile there opens out to view
this pretty Cove. It is a place for painters, and its loveliness
in all varieties of Nature's many moods, has found admirers. The
cottages nestling under the banks, its parti-coloured gardens,
with enclosing pebble walls, its boats and crab-pots, with the
distant cliffs in succession, all combine in a composition that
strikes the beholder with a conviction of its beauty.