. Zigzag journeys in Europe : vacation rambles in historic lands. med with him in their early wedded life; andevery year, on the sad anniversary of his death, Victoria repairs to hisgrave, and prays, and scatters flowers on the tomb. Windsor Castle had itsrise in early Saxon times,and was made a fortressby William the says that KingArthur instituted his Orderof the Knisrhts of the RoundTable here. King Johndwelt here during the con-ferences at Runnymede,when the barons drove himalmost to madness by com-pelling him to sign away hisroyal claims by the accept-ance of the Magna
. Zigzag journeys in Europe : vacation rambles in historic lands. med with him in their early wedded life; andevery year, on the sad anniversary of his death, Victoria repairs to hisgrave, and prays, and scatters flowers on the tomb. Windsor Castle had itsrise in early Saxon times,and was made a fortressby William the says that KingArthur instituted his Orderof the Knisrhts of the RoundTable here. King Johndwelt here during the con-ferences at Runnymede,when the barons drove himalmost to madness by com-pelling him to sign away hisroyal claims by the accept-ance of the Magna Charta. The situation of thecastle is most beautiful; itoverlooks the Thames, andfrom its tower twelve coun-ties may be seen. The home park of the palace contains five hundred acres,and this is connected with VNGER 0F KING J0HN- Windsor Great Park, which has an area of one thousand eight hun-dred acres. The beauty of St. Georges Chapel greatly excited the wonder ofour tourists. Here are the tombs of Henry VIII., Charles I., GeorgesIII. and IV., and William IN HISTORIC LAN I II . 1 Wyllys Wynn, is the finest monument I have yet in England. IIw beautifully the light is made to fall upon The monument represented a dead princess, with a sheet thrown: the body and couch, as though she had just expired. Above itspirit of the maiden is shown in the form of an angel ascending toen. It is the tomb of the Princess Charlotte, said Master Lewis,She was one of the most amiable princesses that ever won the affec-tions of the English people. Her death came like a private sorrow toimily in the kingdom, and was the occasion of the most tenderpublic expressions of grief. ••I must tell you a story, continued Master Lewis, after standing at the tomb of G III., that will soften your feelings, perhaps, irds one whom, for political reasons, our own history has taught ? 1 as little worthy of respect ; hut who had great private virtues, whatever may have been his political mistake-. In the br
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