. Zigzag journeys in Europe : vacation rambles in historic lands. to serve only that King who rules the sea. The history of Oxford covers a period of a thou-sand years, continued Mas-ter Lewis. Here Queen Matilda, or the Empress Maud, as she was called, because she had been the wife of the German Em-peror, was besieged by King Stephen, who had usurped the throne, and thence she fled from him one snowy day, herself and attendants dressed in white that they \ might not be discovered; here the people closed the gates against William the Conqueror; here Richard I. was born, and here Ridley, Latime
. Zigzag journeys in Europe : vacation rambles in historic lands. to serve only that King who rules the sea. The history of Oxford covers a period of a thou-sand years, continued Mas-ter Lewis. Here Queen Matilda, or the Empress Maud, as she was called, because she had been the wife of the German Em-peror, was besieged by King Stephen, who had usurped the throne, and thence she fled from him one snowy day, herself and attendants dressed in white that they \ might not be discovered; here the people closed the gates against William the Conqueror; here Richard I. was born, and here Ridley, Latimer, and Cranmer werej burned. The early history! of nearly all great English scholars for many centuries is associ-! ated with the colleges in this place.• ** How green are the English meadows with their hedgerows and trees ! said Wyllys. And how bright are the streams that run among them! An English landscape is more rich and varied than an American. I never would tell of it, said Tommy. Grass is grass, and we have just as good grass at home as anywhere. .v=. FLIGHT OF EMPRESS MAUD. v HISTORIC LANDS,
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