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...might almost call the May Monthly an Elizabethan number, as two of the three prose articles relate to Queen Elizabeth and certain phases of life of her time. Mr. Baker, the English instructor, contributes the first of these two articles-the title of his essay being "The Children of Paule's." In it a charming and interesting picture is given of the choir-boys of St. Paul's Cathedral, their life, duties and pleasures in the good old days when the Tudor family reigned over England. Much space is given to a description of their acting and the literary effect...
...Princess Elizabeth's Love Affair," Mr. Dodge treats in a discriminative, historical way of what Louisa Muhlbach pictured in a more romantic manner in "Henry VIII and his Court." It is an episode is the great queen's life which is interesting even to the most indifferent student of history. It was Sir Thomas Seymour whom Elizabeth loved, and, as the author of this sketch puts it, "In her love for him she came near wrecking her happiness for his sake, and the sorrowful ordeal dried up all the freshness of her nature...
...Queen," winner of 15 prizes...
...Queen," winner of 15 prizes...
Passing along on the same street, we come next to a row of three colleges, Corpus Christi, St. Catherine's and Queen's College. Here lived Erasmus the first to introduce the study of Latin and Greek to the University. Directly opposite is a most beautiful building, founded by Henry VI. a few years after he founded Eton School, in 1443 A. D. Not far beyond King's college we pass under the most charming stone gateway, half hidden by ivy, and called the "Gate of Honor," into one of the most beautiful old gardens in all Cambridge...