11th day. Leave by car for Westport, thence by rail for Mallaranny.

12th day. At Dugort, on the wonderful Island of Achill, 13th "the most primitive part of Ireland.

14th day. Sligo, chief town of county Sligo, and capital of one of the most interesting districts in all

Ireland.

15th day. Make excursion to Lough Gill, and to Glencar Waterfall.

16th day. To Londonderry by rail.

17th day. Visit the Giant's Causeway, county Antrim, via rail to Portrush and thence by tram-car.

18th day. Leave Giant's Causeway by car via Carrick= a-Rede, celebrated for its Swinging Rope Bridge, for Cushendall.

19th day. To Belfast. Continue from Cushendall by car via Glenarm, to Larne; thence by rail to Belfast. 20th day. To Dublin. Leave Belfast by rail for Drogheda, and there take coach to the scene of the Battle of the Boyne, Mellifont Abbey and that center of all that was heroic and romantic in Ireland's early history, "The Hill of Tara."

The harp that once through Tara's halls
The soul of music shed,

Now hangs as mute on Tara's walls

As if that soul were fled.- Moore.

Proceed by afternoon train to Dublin.

21st day. Leave Dublin by rail for Ovoca, or Wooden Bridge, thence by car for a twenty-one-mile drive through the Vale of Ovoca, passing Shelton Abbey, Lion's Arch, "Meeting of the Waters and Moore's Cottage. Return by rail to Dublin. 22d day. Leave Dublin by steamer for Great Britain.

SCOTLAND.

A Week in the Land of Burns, the Scotch Lakes and Edinburgh.

Tourists frequently reach Scotland from the north of Ireland via Carlisle, or from the English Lakes; but in either case they first take their way to "The Land of

Burns."

1st day. Ayr, Burns's birthplace.

"All ask the cottage of his birth,

Gaze on the scenes he lov'd and sung,
And gather feelings not of earth
His fields and streams among."

The cottage and Burns's Monument are about
two miles to the south, and a stone's throw
farther, on the road along which Tam o' Shanter
took his famous gallop, is the Auld Brig o' Doon,
and near by, Alloway's Haunted Kirk, where
Auld Nick led the music. The scenery on the
banks of the Doon, of which a good view is
obtained from the Auld Brig, is very lovely and
recalls the oft-sung words:

"Ye banks and braes o' bonnie Doon,
How can ye bloom sae fresh and fair?"

2d day. Glasgow. The commercial capital of Scotland, full of smoke and business activity. The shipping on the Clyde below the bridges is well worth seeing, and the Cathedral of St. Mungo must be visited.

3d day. Leave Glasgow by rail for Balloch Pier, where steamer is taken for the trip up Loch Lomond,

affording a fine view of Ben Lomond (3,192 feet). At Inversnaid coach is taken to Stronachlacher, where steamer is taken for the trip up beautiful Loch Katrine, to the Trossachs. The whole district, as well as Ellen's Isle, is immortalized by Scott in his poem The Lady of the Lake." The drive through the Trossachs Valley to Callander is one of the most beautiful in Scotland. At Callander rail is taken to Stirling. 4th day. Stirling, an ancient town on the Forth.

Stir

ling, with its noble castle overlooking the field of Bannockburn, has played a very prominent part in Scottish history, and at the mention of its name the pulse of every true Scotsman is accelerated. Leave by rail for Edinburgh.

5th day. Edinburgh, the "Northern Athens," and a very 6th "beautiful city the most sightly in the British Islands. Visit Holyrood Palace, the home of Mary Stuart (Queen of Scots), the Castle and Scott's Monument, and all of old Edinburgh that you can make time to see.

7th day. Leave Edinburgh for Melrose (thirty-seven miles), drive to Abbotsford, the home of Sir Walter Scott, which abounds in delightful interest; then drive back to Melrose and visit the old Abbey, in which lies buried the heart of Robert the Bruce. Continue the drive to Dryburgh Abbey, where in the most romantic of burial-places are the remains of Sir Walter Scott, the greatest of all the romancers.

A Week in the Highlands of Scotland.

1st day. Leave Edinburgh by rail, over the Forth Bridge, for Dunkeld, where stage is taken for Braemar.

2d day. Inverness. Leave Braemar by stage via Balmoral, the Highland home of Queen Victoria, for Ballater, where train is taken via Aberdeen for Inverness, the capital of the Highlands, familiar to us through scenes in Macbeth." The fatal field of Culloden is only a few miles distant.

3d day. On the Caledonian Canal. Leave Inverness by boat, through the famous Caledonian Canal, for Banavie, thence by a short railroad journey for Fort William. Ben Nevis, the second highest mountain in Great Britain (4,406 feet), can be ascended from Fort William or from Banavie. 4th day. Leave Fort William by boat for Ballachulish, whence a stage excursion can be made to Glencoe, the scene of the massacre of the Macdonalds by soldiers of King William, on the 14th of February, 1692. Continue by boat to Oban, the end of the voyage through the canal.

5th day. Oban, the chief center of the western High6thlands. The principal excursion from this point is by steamer around the Isle of Mull, the Scottish trip par excellence. Landings are made at the island of Staffa for the celebrated Fingal's Cave, a geological formation similar to that of the Giant's Causeway, and, also like it, extending far out to the sea. On leaving Staffa the steamer's next stop is at Iona, the ancient burial-place of Scottish kings, and the earliest. home of Christianity in Scotland. The run back to Oban is by the Sound of Mull.

7th day. Return to Glasgow by steamer, through the Crinan Canal, the Kyles of Bute, and up the Clyde, passing historic Dumbarton Castle on the left, shortly before reaching Glasgow.

ENGLAND.

Ten Days in Rural England, to and from
London.

1st day. Assuming that the traveler from the Western Continent is passing to eastern England after first touring Ireland and Scotland, or landing at Liverpool direct from his ocean voyage, he had best proceed the first day to Durham. Before leaving Liverpool, however, if he has time he should take a ride out and inspect the immense system of shipping docks (one of the great commercial sights of the world), and visit the Exchange in business hours. Durham Cathedral is the most picturesquely situated of all the great churches of England. On a cliff of considerable elevation above the River Wear, this great Cathedral stands a most imposing sight, and to the lover of ecclesiastical architecture the interior is equally impressive. Framwellgate Bridge commands a fine view. Leave by train for York.

2d day. York, the one-time rival of London as a metropolis, and of Canterbury in ecclesiastical authority. York Minster is one of the largest and grandest cathedrals in England, and is the metropolitan church of the North. Many relics of the Roman occupation of York are still to be seen, conspicuous amongst them being the massive city walls. Interesting excursions can be made to Ripon, Fountains Abbey, and to the fashionable spa, Harrogate.

3d day. Lincoln. The Cathedral, crowning the hill on which the city is built, is another of the finest