might like to choose his own apartment. Dinner would be ready as soon as Mr. Carrington pleased; but perhaps he would like to walk over part of the house first. This seemed very reasonable to Guy. Now, Mrs. Watkins, who even during the summer months, except in unusually sultry weather, had a certain number of fires daily kindled, so as to air the whole house at least once a week, had decided to put the visitor invited by Mr. Pierce-which was not exactly the same thing as a visitor invited by her ladyship-into one of the small suites of apartments in the wing, bordering on the stables. The purpose faltered as she looked at Guy, whose modest, unassuming manners, fresh youth, and delicate features, recommended him at once to her approval. So she thought he should have his own way. "This, sir, is the great diningroom. I do not think you would feel at all comfortable to sit there by yourself." "Not at all," said Guy, with a glance at the large canvases on the walls, curious in one or two instances as works of art, as showing the rare example of a failure of the ennobling pencil of Sir Thomas Landseer, before the irrepressible peculiarities of the Plumville physiognomy. "And this is the library. I have fires here twice every week; and if you please to wish for the keys of the bookcase, sir, you will be pleased to order James to fetch them to you. My lady wishes the cases to be hept locked." The library was of equal size to the dining-room, to which it corresponded, the bookshelves being architectural portions of the apartment, and partially accessible by a light oaken gallery, and a pair of portable steps rolling on castors. "This is the state drawing-room, sir, and this the small drawing. room. The apartments to the left were fitted up as nurseries when the present Sir Robert was born. This is her ladyship's boudoir, and this behind it, was her bedroom, when she did not occupy the state bedroom. This was built for a reading room, and her ladyship's maid used to occupy this room. That is all this part of the house." "What a charming room the reading-room is, Mrs. Watkins,” said Guy. "If you would like to occupy it, sir," said Mrs. Watkins, "the only objection would be that you would have to go upstairs to your bedroom.' It would hardly have occurred to Mrs. Watkins as possible that the idea of profaning Lady Frances's bedroom should have occurred to Guy, but Mrs. Watkins liked to guard against impossibilities. "But if you didn't mind, when you have no company, sir, breakfast and dinner would be served in the room which was Mr. Millikin's; and then you would not be disturbed here, but would come in and out just as you found convenient. In that case, sir, please to walk this way, and I will show you your bedroom." So Guy's gite was settled. "I will send up hot water directly, Mr. Carrington," said Mrs. Watkins," will you be ready for dinner at half-past seven, sir? "I shall be very glad of it," said Guy," for I think I am very hungry.' 66 "You must please to dine in the dining-room to-day, sir," explained Mrs. Watkins, a little bit of fire will seem to make it more companionable, and to-morrow your own apartments will be ready." And so Guy found himself installed. The dignity of the Hall formed an acceptable counterpoise to the indignities offered at the works. (To le continued.) CONTEMPORARY PORTRAITS. NEW SERIES.-No. 17. REV. J. LLEWELYN DAVIES, M.A. IF Maurice and his followers introduced what has been regarded as a suspicious element of moonshine into their new views of doctrine, it must be contrariwise allowed that they brought a very wholesome and fructifying sunshine into the activity of their daily lives. Under the stimulus of a new religious impulse, they had to re-adjust the composition of the old theological scheme, and not wishing to destroy what seemed to them to have been, and yet to be, of such noble service to humanity, they were now and then unconsciously drawn to tolerate traditional lines of incorrect perspective, or to introduce new ones of somewhat puzzling direction-and these they disguised by flooding the doctrinal landscape with an ardent, enthusiastic radiance, a moonlight that was sometimes delusive, for its soft lights and shadows seemed to less gentle artists, a misleading veil meant to cover that which could not well bear the searching influence of the everyday sun. That no misdirection was meant, may be proved by the fact that the greater portion of their influence has been undeniably one of true enlightenment, and that the practical work into which their enthusiasm drove or directed them, is of a value which no criticism would think of impugning. The subject of our sketch, though so intimately connected with Denison Maurice, does not belong to his generation. Nor is he quite a generation younger, but was a schoolboy when Maurice was publishing his first lectures. John Llewelyn Davies was born 26th February, 1826, at Chichester, when his father, who was afterwards for a long period rector of Gateshead, Durham, was rector of St. Pancras. This John Davies was of Welsh origin, and was an ardent student, who had fought his way into knowledge. He used to write and publish a little, chiefly devoting himself to metaphysics of a now somewhat old-fashioned type. Under him Llewelyn received his early education, proceeding later to Repton School, under Dr. Peile. At Repton he remained until his time came to go to Cambridge. There were in those days no scholarships open to competition to smooth the way from school to college. Entering Trinity College, Davies won the Bell Scholarship, a blue ribbon of a special order, being a University scholarship, confined to clergymen's sons in their first year. Anyone who will glance at the records of ancient University honours will notice how much they run in families, and how there seem to be dynasties of scholarship presided over by particular names. It may be mentioned, as a modern instance, that while Mr. Davies was senior Bell scholar, his eldest son has just carried off the second Bell Scholarship, holding the place occupied in his father's time by David Vaughan. Llewelyn Davies manifested a distinctly classical bent, but at Cambridge in his time (1848) it was necessary to obtain honours in mathematics before classical honours could be competed for. After 1850 this distinctive mark of the mathematical tendency of Cambridge was done away. Davies's year was a good one: he obtained Senior Optime rank in Mathematics, Todhunter being Senior Wrangler, and Bishop Mackenzie second; and in Classics he was bracketed fifth in the first class, with intimate friends, now distinguished, on both sides of him. Scott, who headed the list, is now Head Master of Westminster School; Westcott, who followed him, is the well-known Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge, and Canon of Peterborough; Barry, who followed Davies, is Principal of King's College, London, and Canon of Worcester. In the First Class of that year also, a few places below Davies, was the Hon. E. H. Stanley, the present Earl Derby, who in Mathematics obtained the position of Junior Optime; he was a hard-working student. Among friends of Davies's of younger standing were Sir William V. Harcourt, of his own College, who took a First Class in 1851, and Sir James Fitzjames Stephen. What was greatly interesting the serious section of University men at this time, was the early High Church movement, a kind of renaissance of Evangelicalism, under modern conditions, combined with a great yearning for principles large enough and spiritual enough to draw men together beneath one banner, and that a flag worth fighting under. Maurician and Coleridgian influences were breathing their noble and subtle attractiveness. Maurice was a good deal made known in his writings of this time by the elder Macmillan, a brother of the present publisher of that name. The late Daniel Macmillan was acquainted with Maurice, and personally his devoted adherent and follower. To his recommendation many Cambridge men owed their first acquaintance with Maurice's writings. Llewelyn Davies, who had been destined for the Church all along, was soon glad to count himself a follower of Maurice, with whom at |