them was originally occupied by SIR ROBERT DUDLEY'S LOBBY and KING HENRY VIII.'s LODGINGS, which are

entirely destroyed. Between the latter of these parts of the castle and Cæsar's Tower was an arched entrance into the Inner Court. At the farther end of the inner court is the great banqueting-hall. Having made himself familiar with these points, the tourist can readily proceed to identify the other parts of this extensive and magnificent structure.

CESAR'S TOWER, evidently the oldest part of the building, has been a keep of immense strength. The character of its architecture is so thoroughly Norman as to leave little doubt that it was erected by Geoffrey de Clinton. In some places its walls are not less than sixteen feet thick. Unlike other Norman towers, it has no dungeon. This massive keep has been square

in form; but one side of it, the north, is entirely demolished. Scott conjectures that it may have received its name from its resemblance to the one in the Tower of London so called. In the south-east angle of

this tower is the well, now covered over. It was emptied and examined in 1819, but nothing of consequence found in it. Westward from Cæsar's Tower were the KITCHENS, of which only a few crumbling ruins remain.

The arched passage between the Kitchens and

and ladies, when Elizabeth, having discovered the Countess Amy in the grotto, dragged her towards him, saying, "Stand forth, my Lord of Leicester! Knowest

thou this woman?"

The scene that ensued is one of the most powerful in the novel. Beyond the Kitchens is the Strong Tower.

It

The STRONG TOWER, or, as Scott has named it, MERVYN'S TOWER, will be viewed with interest from the associations Scott has connected with it. Originally a very strong building of three storeys, it exactly answers the description given in "Kenilworth." "The floor of each storey," says Sir Walter, "was arched, the walls of tremendous thickness, while the space of the chamber did not exceed fifteen feet in diameter." is here that the hapless Amy Robsart is represented as having found a brief refuge, when she came to Kenilworth, to make her appeal to her husband's love. The reader of "Kenilworth" will scarcely require to be reminded that it was here that she wrote her letter to Leicester, and fastened it with a braid of her hair in a "true-love knot;" that here occurred her interview with Tressilian, and the scene with Michael Lambourne and Lawrence Staples. The upper storey, which was Amy's chamber, is in ruins.

This

The GREAT HALL, which comes next in the line of building, now turning to the south, has been an apartment of most magnificent style and dimensions. and several adjoining parts of the castle were built by John of Gaunt, "time-honoured Lancaster." The richly-ornamented portal shows the level of this noble room. Its floor rested on stone arches, the vaulted apartment below being probably used for stores. The hall has been 90 feet long by 45 broad. The windows are of great height and exquisite in design. On the south side of the great hall is a winding staircase, terminating in two vaulted apartments. In connection with this noble apartment, it will not be inappropriate to quote Sir Walter Scott's description of it when

the visitor to realise to some extent what must have been the grandeur of an apartment, the ruins of which