DULWICH COLLEGE.

This Institution is situated about five miles from London in a southerly direction beyond Camberwell. The College itself was established by a comedian called Alleyne, about three centuries ago, and by his will the preference in electing the inmates is given to those bearing the same uame. The annual revenue of Dulwich College, called also "God's Gift" College is about £14,000 per annum. In the year 1811, Sir Francis Bourgeois, Royal Academecian, bequeathed his pictures to the Master, Wardens, and Fellows of Dulwich College, in trust for the public use, under the direction of the Royal Academy. The collection contains nearly 400 pictures and the gallery is open to the public every day except Fridays and Sundays. Tickets of admission may be had gratis of the chief Printsellers of the metropolis. No person can be admitted without a ticket, and no Tickets are given in Dulwich.

THE CRYSTAL PALACE, SYDENHAM.

The Royal Commissioners of the Great Exhibition, 1851, having determined that the Hyde Park Building should be removed at the close of the exhibition, and Government having declined to recommend to Parliament the purchase of it, no other alternative than the destruction of the beautiful palace seemed to present itself; at this juncture a committee of nine gentlemen with the chairman of the Brighton Railway at their head stepped forward and offered to become its purchasers. No site for its re-erection had then been agreed upon; but Mr. Leo Schuster a director of the same Railway in the most handsome manner offered his Park and Grounds at Sydenham at a valuation, he having refused to name a sum as the purchase money. On the 24th. May, 1852, the sum of £75,000 was paid to Messrs. Fox and Henderson for the building, and prospectuses were issued for the formation of a public company with a capital of half a million to be increased to a million as the work advanced, at shares of £5 each all paid up. The company progressed with astonishing celerity, and in August 1852, the first column of the present building was raised. The company then set to work in good earnest and endeavoured to obtain the co-operation of as many of the master minds of the Great Exhibition of 1851, as possible. Sir Joseph Paxton was appointed director of the gardens and ornamental flower work within the building. Mr. Owen Jones and Mr. Digby Wyatt were despatched on a mission to the principal continental courts &c. in order to procure examples of the most famous works of art in Europe. Whilst Messrs. Wyatt and Jones were abroad prosecuting their artistic labours, Professors Forbes and Owen, Dr. Latham, Mr. Waterhouse Hawkins, Mr. Gould, and several other eminent gentlemen were busily engaged in the formation of various collections of objects in natural history, geology, &c. at home. The building is erected in a far more durable style than its predecessor in Hyde Park, and exceeds its progenitor in cubic contents by nearly one half. It is 1,628 feet longer than the Hyde Park building. Apartments are provided for the reception of Her Majesty and suite when they visit the Palace; suitable offices for the transaction of the business of the Palace are erected on each side of the entrances; and the range of stabling for the accommodation of visitors is in every respect complete. The grounds are still in a very unfinished state, and few of the fountains have been got into play, but when the designs of the company are carried out in all their ramifications we expect that the Crystal Palace and Park will become the elysium of England. Under the auspices of Mr. Samuel Phillips, the literary Director of the Crystal Palace, a series of hand books descriptive of all that is noteworthy in the Palace and Gardens have been published. The Crystal Palace was opened by Her Majesty 10th, June 1854.

HARROW SCHOOL AND CHURCH

are situated at Harrow-on-the-hill in the county of Middlesex about 10 miles from London, The School is the chief feature of the village, the trade of the place being in a great measure dependent upon this establishment. Many sons of the nobility and others of high distinction and fortune were educated here. It was founded in the reign of Elizabeth by John Lyon of Preston, a neighbouring hamlet, and amongst the statutes drawn up by the founder, archery was especially enjoined as one of the amusements of the students. Formerly on the 1st. of August, a trial of skill took place and a silver arrow was presented to the best marksman.

The Church is dedicated to St. Mary, and situated on the hill with a tower and lofty spire at the west end and a curious Norman doorway. A tombstone in the church yard is pointed out to visitors as the favorite resort of Byron when he wandered thither from the school to meditate and observe the extensive range of scenery so commandingly viewed from this spot.

THE GREAT PALM HOUSE, KEW GARDENS

is situated at Kew in Surrey about 7 miles from London. The village is rendered remarkable by its royal residence. Kew lies across the bridge, and the church stands upon Kew Green. Adjoining Kew Green is the residence of the Duchess of Cambridge. The old red brick "Palace" was occupied by Queen Charlotte as a nursery for her children; and here she expired, 1818. The Pagoda was designed in imitation of the Chinese Taa in 1757; it consists of ten stories, and the building is 163 feet in height. The Botanic Gardens at Kew are open to the public from one to six or dusk every day, the entrance being from Kew Green. The new Palm House is perhaps the finest in Europe, its total length is 362 feet 6 inches. The cost of this magnificent Palm House has been upwards of £30,000. The gardens being now open on Sundays, many persons are enabled to avail themselves of this delightful extension of the privileges of the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew.

RICHMOND

is a village on the south bank of the Thames, nine miles from London, and a place of great resort on account of its beautiful situation. The view from the summit of the hill presents a most luxuriant prospect not surpassed by any other part of the Kingdom. An elegant stone bridge connects Richmond with Twickenham. The olden celebrities of Richmond are too numerous to be mentioned here; of its Tudor Palace a gateway remains on the Green. The Royal Park abounds with fine forest scenery, and the herd of fallow and red deer is very numerous. One of the lodges in the Park is the residence of Lord John Russell; and on the hill side the mansion of the Marquis of Lansdowne is embosomed in shrubbery and picturesque wood. The highest point of the Park commands views of Westminster Abbey and St. Paul's, with the Hampstead, Highgate, and Harrow Hills. Since the communication with the metropolis has been established by the Railroad, many handsome structures have sprung up and perhaps none more beautiful than the Wesleyan Institution.

HAMPTON COURT PALACE

is a royal Palace, 13 miles from London, on the north bank of the river Thames, erected by Cardinal Wolsey, and presented by him to his royal master Henry VIII., but as we have it now with Wren's less picturesque front, built for William III. It became the residence of the various royal families to the reign of George III. The principal suite of rooms contain many valuable paintings, some fine