Wednesday, June 26th

Trinity College, Dublin, 1912.

June 26th
We awoke to a day of intermittent showers, kind to us, however, in holding off as soon as we were ready to leave cover. Dublin University attracted us first, - especially the old dining hall, with ancient oak wainscoating stained with flying food of the past - Swift's sculpture in one corner; and the Library, with ancient manuscripts, most important among them the Book of Kells, an illuminated parchment book, with close colored work as fine as silk lace.  In the enclosure as we entered,- to the (10) right, we were shown the windows marking the room once occupied by Goldsmith, whose statue stands in front of the university entrance- with Burke.

In the afternoon we visited the Cathedral of St. Patrick, Ireland's national church. It does not match the English cathedrals, either in grandeur or beauty or variety. The graves Swift and of "Stella" are near the low entrance way, - a piece of masonry dating back t 1190. We were struck by the bitter poverty, - or rather, the apparent degradation, of the people in, the poorer districts. Moral and mental and physical debauchery were too easily to be seen.

Jaunting cars, Mr. Strawbridge, groom, Freddie, groom, Clayton, Charles Brown, D.S. Burgess, Dublin, 1912

Mr. S. had urgent demands from his brother, to visit the stables of Mr. Daly, so we all took jaunting cars and drove out to the edge of the city.  Here we saw about a dozen beautiful hunters. From this point on Liffey water we drove through the very beautiful (11) natural scenery of Phoenix Park, to return to the Shelbourne for a very sumptuous dinner.