of the citie of Florence, that it is a pittie it should be seen save only on Holy-dayes; as also it was fit that so fair a Citie should have a Case and Cover for it to keep it from wind and weather, so in some sort, this Fabrick may seem to deserve a shelter to secure it." But, alas! the beauty, grace, and distinction of the loveliest of piles could not keep it from Puritan cannon-balls. One would almost like to believe the lesson contained in the legend that when Lord Brooke, decreeing, in fanatical rage, its destruction, prayed for a sign from heaven that his purpose was grateful, he met with his answer in a bullet fired from the steeple by "dumb" Dyott, and was slain on the day of St. Chad, the name of which saint the cathedral bare. Our wishes are as much æsthetical as devout, but are not the less sincere, The account of the shrine, the edifice, the close, and the city, and the illustrations are alike excellent. 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