. In the old paths: memories of literary pilgrimages . ssitudes. It isdifficult to believe that civil war thundered in and outthe moated close, and that the flicker of camp fireswas reflected in the Minster Pool. It has seen itsbell tower burned down, its stained glass destroyed,its central spire in ruins, its walls whitewashed. Thencame the restoration of Charles II, when BishopHacket set to work to repair the Cathedral, a workof eight long years. He lived to re-consecrate theMinster, but of the six bells that he had presented tothe Cathedral one only was hung in his lifetime. Weare told that
. In the old paths: memories of literary pilgrimages . ssitudes. It isdifficult to believe that civil war thundered in and outthe moated close, and that the flicker of camp fireswas reflected in the Minster Pool. It has seen itsbell tower burned down, its stained glass destroyed,its central spire in ruins, its walls whitewashed. Thencame the restoration of Charles II, when BishopHacket set to work to repair the Cathedral, a workof eight long years. He lived to re-consecrate theMinster, but of the six bells that he had presented tothe Cathedral one only was hung in his lifetime. Weare told that the first time it was rung, the bishopwas very weak, yet he went out of his bed-chamberinto the next room to hear it : he seemed well-pleasedvvith the sound, and blessed God, who had favouredhim with life to hear it, but at the same time observedthat it would be his passing bell, and returning intohis chamber, he never left it till he was carried to hisgrave. So passed the good Caroline Bishop. Re-storers, judicious and otherwise, have tampered with. SAMUEL JOHNSONS HOUSE, LICHFIELD i-jo THE LADIES OF THE VALE the stones of Lichfield Cathedral, yet to-day it standsas it stood in times past, one of the fairest ecclesiasticalheritages in England. These are memories worth cherishing as we passinto the Cathedral Close, and wander through thenarrow eighteenth-century streets to the square, wheresits the Doctor among his books, and where Boswell,too, is commemorated in a not very happy statue, not-withstanding his well-powdered wig, his sword, andcocked hat. There was no reason why the sculptorshould have infused into his work the spirit of Macau-lay. As Mr. W. L. Courtney has pointed out, Theold idea that Boswell was a stupid man has long sincebeen superseded. Jowett, we are told, was fond ofsaying that Boswell was a genius ; but Jowetts friendsrather suspected that he wished he had a Boswell torecord his conversation. Be that as it may, that fineold Senator of the College of Justi
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