. A tour around the world by General Grant. Being a narrative of the incidents and events of his journey . ures on the banks of the riveris the Thames Embankment. It consists of a wall of hewn gran-ite, protecting a massive quay reclaimed from the river. This isplanted with trees, and forms a handsome promenade, 100 feetwide, extending from Westminster Bridge to Blackfriars. Onthe upper portion of the embankment stands the famous obeliskknown as Cleopatras Needle, presented by the Khedive of Egyptto the city of London, and recently erected upon its present was one of the two obelisks t
. A tour around the world by General Grant. Being a narrative of the incidents and events of his journey . ures on the banks of the riveris the Thames Embankment. It consists of a wall of hewn gran-ite, protecting a massive quay reclaimed from the river. This isplanted with trees, and forms a handsome promenade, 100 feetwide, extending from Westminster Bridge to Blackfriars. Onthe upper portion of the embankment stands the famous obeliskknown as Cleopatras Needle, presented by the Khedive of Egyptto the city of London, and recently erected upon its present was one of the two obelisks that stood upon the sea-shore atAlexandria, Egypt. Its companion has been presented to thecity of New York, and will soon be conveyed to that city. Among the places visited in London by General Grant werethe Houses of Parliament, the Tower, St. Pauls Cathedral, theBank of England, the Royal Exchange, the British Museum, theMansion House, and the Docks. The Tower of London is supposed to have been begun byJulius Caesar. Shakespeare makes the following allusion to thisin Richard III. (Act III., Scene 1):. ^*^m,.,M,i,l:i- :,l:i, ... 58 AROUND THE WORLD. Prince Edward.—I do not like the Tower, of any place: Did Julius Cassar build that place, my lord ? Gloster.—He did, my gracious lord, begin that place, Which since, succeeding ages have re-edified. Prince Edward.—Is it upon record ? or else reported Successively from age to age he built it ? Buckingham.—Upon record, my gracious liege. It is very certain that William the Conqueror founded thepresent Tower upon the site of the old Roman work, and he isgenerally credited with its construction. It was used in old timesas both a fortress and a royal residence, and also as a stateprison, and in these characters has played an important part inthe history of England. It is situated in the eastern part ofLondon, and is cut off from the densely populated part of thecity by what is known as Tower Hill. It covers an area of t
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