Around the world with Philip Phillips, "the singing pilgrim." A pictorial tour of the globe illustrated by pen and pencil .. . cene was oneof the most imposing ever witnessed within the grand old cathedral. ENGLA.\D~L Of my efforts in London I need not speak in detail, though some of the occasions maynot be unworthy of record. The largest place in which I ever sang, and the largest audi-ence I ever had was at the Crystal Palace, London, when some fifty thousand persons musthave been present. This wonderful building deserves a great deal more than passing mention, and is oneof the sights
Around the world with Philip Phillips, "the singing pilgrim." A pictorial tour of the globe illustrated by pen and pencil .. . cene was oneof the most imposing ever witnessed within the grand old cathedral. ENGLA.\D~L Of my efforts in London I need not speak in detail, though some of the occasions maynot be unworthy of record. The largest place in which I ever sang, and the largest audi-ence I ever had was at the Crystal Palace, London, when some fifty thousand persons musthave been present. This wonderful building deserves a great deal more than passing mention, and is oneof the sights which no American should fail to see before leaving England. Situated in themidst of a beautiful park, and upon an elevation which renders it conspicuous for manymiles, it impresses the eye of the beholder as a building of great beauty, the graceful curvesof its nave and transepts forming an outline, of which bright-blue painted iron-work andtransparent glass panels form the detail. Some idea of its outside may be gleaned from ourillustration, which gives a view of the building as seen from the immediate fore-front. The.
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