. ofwhich you were in quest. The principle upon which the signs were chosen is maalways obvious. Sometimes a family name mav have suggested the sign, as ifa man named Crow were to paint a black crow over his door; but in early times thesign undoubtedly preceded and suggested the name. The family which dwelt atthe sign of the crow came to be called Crow, in the same way that a family whichdwelt at a country house called Greenough or Greenhalge (green field) came to becalled by the name of the house. BATCHELDER GENEALOGY. A VISIT TO H
. ofwhich you were in quest. The principle upon which the signs were chosen is maalways obvious. Sometimes a family name mav have suggested the sign, as ifa man named Crow were to paint a black crow over his door; but in early times thesign undoubtedly preceded and suggested the name. The family which dwelt atthe sign of the crow came to be called Crow, in the same way that a family whichdwelt at a country house called Greenough or Greenhalge (green field) came to becalled by the name of the house. BATCHELDER GENEALOGY. A VISIT TO HISTORIC CANTERBURY, ENGLAND. (By Jennie Bard Dugdale, of the Interior.) Among the caprices of custom none is more inexplicable and unfortunate thanthat which draws present-day pilgrims from over seas other whither than to beau-tiful, historic Canterbury. However Britons may regard it, few Americans thinkof seeking this interesting and attractive spot when journeying in England. Atour of the Cathedral towns usually omits this most important of them all. Trav-. elers take train at London for Dover, with Paris, the glittering, for their goal, andare whirled through old Kent, almost under the shadow of the Cathedrals triplespires without a thought of the storied past or the glowing present over which thosesoaring structures stand guard. Although Kent is not noted for the wild and romantic scenery of some of theother counties, there is a smiling fairness in her fertile valleys and soft-swellinghills which is not without charm. Few mediaeval towns are quainter or morepicturesque that the ancient borough whose red roofs cluster about the greatCathedral, and that vast and venerable pile has among her younger sisters few peersin beauty or in architectural interest, while in the wealth of historic association andinfluence she stands unrivalled. Canterbury is not onlv the Cradle of English Christianity, but in a sense anepitome of English history. Although Kent itself be but a corner of E
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