In the Natural History Museum
“HAVE you been to the British Museum?”
“Have you seen the Wallace Collection?”
“Have you been to the Tate Gallery yet?”
“Have you seen Madame Tussaud’s?”
“Have you had a look at South Kensington Museum?”
“Have you been to the National Gallery?”
Yes, yes, yes, I have been everywhere; but now permit me to sit down and talk about something else. What was I going to say? Yes, nature is strange and mighty: and I, an unwearied pilgrim to pictures and statues, must confess that I derived the greatest delight from the sea-shells and crystals in the Natural History Museum. Of course, the mammoths and iguanoda are
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