there.  Edward III. employed William of Wykeham to rebuild almost the whole castle.  Henry VII., Henry VIII., and Elizabeth all made additions to the buildings.  Many magnificent paintings were added during the reign of Charles I. George I. made Windsor Castle his chief residence, and appointed a Royal Commission to rebuild the castle in its present form at a cost of more than one million sterling.  About 1860, Wolsey’s Chapel, now known as the Albert Memorial Chapel, was restored in memory of the Prince Consort, and the Duchess of Kent’s mausoleum was erected.  St. George’s Chapel, a splendid specimen of ecclesiastical architecture, was originally built by Edward III., and was finally restored in 1887.  The State apartments, which can be seen when the Royal family are absent, are sumptuously furnished and contain much beautiful tapestry and a valuable collection of pictures.

Windsor Great Park, the chief feature of which is the Long Walk, is well stocked with deer.

[Illustration:  Photochrom Co., Ltd.

WINDSOR CASTLE.]

JORDANS AND WILLIAM PENN

=How to get there.=—­Train from Baker Street.  Metropolitan Railway. =Nearest Station.=—­Chalfont Road (3 miles from Jordans). =Distance from London.=—­22 miles. =Average Time.=—­51 minutes. (Convenient trains, 10.27 A.M., 12.17
  and 2.27 P.M.)

                    1st 2nd 3rd
=Fares.=—­Single 3s. 2d. 2s. 4d. 1s. 7d. 
          Return 4s. 9d. 3s. 5d. 2s. 5d.

=Accommodation Obtainable.=—­None at Jordans. =Alternative Route.=—­Train to Uxbridge.  Great Western Railway.

Jordans, the burial-place of William Penn, the great English Quaker and philanthropist, lies on a by-road in Buckinghamshire, leading from Chalfont St. Peter to Beaconsfield.  The place itself, though full of the typical charm of English scenery in the home counties, does not contain anything of particular interest, and it owes its reputation to the associations with the wonderful man who lived and died there.  Jordans is visited by many hundreds of tourists during the summer, mainly Americans.  One of these offered to remove Penn’s remains to Philadelphia, capital of Pennsylvania, and there build a mausoleum over them; but the offer was declined.

The road runs south-west from the village of Chalfont St. Peter, and after a sharp curve brings the visitor to the Meeting House, a very plain and unobtrusive structure, dating from about the end of the seventeenth century.  In the secluded burying-ground surrounded and overhung by great trees lies William Penn.  Five of his children also rest among these quiet surroundings; and here are buried two well-known Quaker leaders, Isaac Penington and Thomas Ellwood.  At the actual time of burial there were no gravestones, but these have since been added.  Though the house as a regular place of meeting has long fallen into disuse, there is still an annual gathering of Quakers there in memory of the great dead.