One master's lodge in Cambridge _is at this
moment let,_ presumably for the benefit of the head of the house,
whose official residence it is; and, if things go on as they are
tending, the day may come--who knows how soon?--when Cambridge shall
at last be able to boast of a really good hotel, "in a central and
very desirable situation, commanding a delightful view of"--what
shall we say?--"fitted up with every convenience, and formerly known
as the Master's Lodge of St. Boniface College."
I am inclined to think that there is such a thing as architecture run
to seed.
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If any one imagines that it would be possible within the limits of a
single essay to follow Mr. Clark through the exhaustive processes of
investigation which he has pursued, or to summarize at all satisfactorily
the results which he has arrived at and set forth in so masterly a
manner, let such an one spend only a single hour in turning over
the leaves of these splendid volumes. The exquisite illustrations
alone (which count by hundreds), and the elaborate maps and
ground-plans, are full of surprises; they speak with an eloquence
of their own to such as have eyes to see and in whom there is a spark
of imagination to enlighten the paths along which their accomplished
guide can lead them.
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