Saturday evening, July 8th, witnessed the greatest military parade in
London for thirty years. The Prince of Wales reviewed twenty-seven
thousand London volunteers. Early in the morning citizens from all
over England began to gather in front of the English barracks, and at
the east end of Hyde Park. By two o'clock in the afternoon hundreds
of thousands had packed the streets and dotted the parks and lawns,
until, in every direction one could witness a sea of faces. After the
royal and military procession began, the patient Johnnies, with their
sisters, sweethearts, wives, mothers, grandmothers, and great-grand-
mothers, stood for five hours to see it go by. The Englishman does
not tire when he is honoring his country. At the close of this parade
we dropped into a barbershop for a shave. The gentleman seemed to
understand that I was a long ways from home. "You fellows," I said,
"can tell us as far as you can see us." "Yes," said he, "by your shoes,
your hat, your coat, your tongue, and even by your face. We can tell
you by the way you spit. A spittoon here, pointing about ten feet away,
give a Yankee two trials, he will hit it every time."

Travel is a study of the genius of man as shown in architecture, in
sculpture, and in painting. Ninety-seven plans were submitted for
the Houses of Parliament, including Westminster Hall. That of Sir
Charles Barry was selected, and the present imposing structure was
built, covering eight acres, at a cost of $15,000,000. The style is
perpendicular (Gothic), with carvings, intricate in detail and highly
picturesque. The building faces the river with a 940 feet front, but
her three magnificent square-shaped towers rise over her street front.
The clock tower at the northwest corner is 318 feet high, the middle
tower is 300 feet, and the southwest, or Victorian tower, is 340 feet
high. The large clock with its four dials, each twenty-three feet in