nished in light
oak. There you will see such a batch of correspondence that you will be
inclined to wonder when it will be got through, but the Prince is a
capital business man, and nothing is lost sight of.

The libraries must not be overlooked: there are quite a suite of them,
well stocked with English and French literature more particularly. A
large number will be noticed as presentation volumes, in handsome and
unique bindings. One of these rooms also contains many mementos of
travel and sport in various climes.

[Illustration: THE CONSERVATORY.

_From a Photo. by Bedford Lemere._]

Two additional stories have within the last few weeks been completed
over the bowling alley and billiard-room, making a total of about
eighteen apartments, henceforth to be known as "The Bachelors' Wing."

[Illustration: THE BILLIARD SALOON

_From a Photo. by Bedford Lemere._]

For some years the large hall at the entrance was made to do duty for a
ball-room, and no mean one either; but the Prince thinking it not quite
so commodious as he would wish, he, some nine years ago, had a new and
larger one built. This, and one or two other rooms, really constitute a
new wing. The turret of this wing has just been raised, in order to
place therein a clock purchased by the local tradesmen as a memorial to
the late Duke of Clarence and Avondale. The ball-room is of immense size
and lofty construction, with fine bay windows at either end, and large
alcoves on either side, one containing a magnificent fire-place, and the
other windows. The walls are artistic triumphs, being finely painted in
delicate colours, and on them arranged a fine collection of Indian
trophies. The floor is of oak, and kept in such a condition of polish as
to be a pitfall and snare to any dancer not in constant practice. More
than one or two couples have been known to suddenly subside, even in the
most select of the select circles there assembled.

[Illustration: THE BOWLING ALLEY.

_From a Photo. by Beford Lemere._]

If during your visit one of the annual balls should take place, you are
most fortunate. There are three of such--the "County," the "Tenants',"
and the "Servants'," the first, of course, bringing the _elite_; but
the two latter sometimes presenting a curious mixture. The tenants, I
may say, are allowed to introduce a limited number of friends, a
privilege highly valued, and much sought after by the most remote
acquaintance of each and every tenant on t