Hotels. *HOTEL RENNERT (Pl. a; C, 4). cor. Saratoga & Liberty Sts. B. from $11/2; *ALTAMONT (Pl. b; B, 3), well situated in Eutaw Place, with view, $3-41/2; MT. VERNON (Pl. c: C, 4), a quiet and comfortable house in a central situation, R. from $1 (E. P.); ECTAW HOUSE (Pl. d; C. 5). Eutaw St.; ST. JAMES (PI. e; C, 4), cor. Charles and Centre Sts., R. from 31: CARROLLTON (Pl. f; D, 5), a large down-town house, frequented by businessmen, $3-4; ALBION (Pl. g, C3; $31/2-5), a quiet family hotel; IMPERIAL, Monument Sq., opposite the Post Office (Pl. D, 5); MALTET (Pl. b; C. 5 near the steamboat-wharves.

Restaurants. At Hotel Rennert and the St. James, see above: Dorig & Thomas, cor. Calvert and German Sts.; Brawner, 226 E. Baltimore BL; Women's Exchange, cor. Charles and Pleasant Sts. (for ladies): Bo Café, 108 E. German St. (German beer and wines); Gram Ho.. 12 E. Pratt St., moderate (these two for men); New York Confectionery Store, Lexing ton St.

Tramways (5c.) traverse the chief streets and run to various suburbs. Cabs. Within district bounded by Jones's Falls, Pratt, Carey, and Mosher Streets, each pers. 25 c.; beyond the above district and within citylimits 35 c. By time 75 c. per hr. To Druid Hill Park, 1-2 pers. 812, 3-4 pers. $2. Hacks (with two horses) 75 c. for 1 pers., each pers. addit. 25c., per hr. $112.

Theatres. Academy of Music (Pl. C, 4); Ford's Opera House (Pl. C, 5); Lyceum (Pl. C, 3); Holliday Street Theatre (Pl. D, 5); Howard Auditorium (Pl. C, 4). Cyclorama (PI. C, 3).

Post Office (Pl. D, 5), Monument Sq.

British Consul, W. T. Seagraves, 415 Water St.

Baltimore (the 'Monumental City'), the chief city of Maryland and one of the great seaports of America, is finely situated on the broad estuary of Patapsco River, 14 M. from Chesapeake Bay (p. 249) and 204 M. from the Atlantic Ocean. The city, which is well laid out and built mainly of a cheerful red brick, is divided into two nearly equal sections by a stream named Jones's Falls, toward which the ground slopes rapidly on either side. In 1890 Baltimore contained 434,439 inhabitants. The Roman Catholic Archbishop of

Baltimore (Card. Gibbons) is Primate in the United States.

Baltimore was first laid out as a town in 1729, and received its name from the title of the Barons of Baltimore (Co. Longford, Ireland), founders and proprietaries of the Maryland Colony. In 17-0 it had grown sufficiently in importance to be made a port of entry, and it was incorporated as a city in 1796. After the conclusion of the war of 1-61-65, its population rapidly increased, and of late years several populous suburbs have been included in its limits, so that now (18:3) its population is about 500,000, Baltimore has been in one respect more fortunate than other cities of the Southern States. During the War of Independence it was threatened, but not attacked; in the war with Great Britain in 1814 it successfully resisted a combined attack by water and land; and in the war between the States it lay outside the area of actual combat. Its history i therefore an almost unbroken chronicle of peace and prosperity. - Dr. Holmes has remarked that three short American poems, each the best of its kind, were all written at Baltimore: viz. Poe's 'Raven, Randall's 'Maryland, my Maryland', and Key's 'Star-Spangled Banner'. The last was written in 1-14, while i's author was a prisoner on one of the British ships bombarding Fort McHenry (p. 249). Jerome Bon parte, brother of Napoleon L., married a Miss Patterson of Baltimore, and their descendants still live in the city.

The total value of the manufactures of Baltimore in 1890 was $148.000,000 (29, 600,000l.), in the production of which 87,000 hands were engaged. It is the chief seat of the canning industry of the United States, the materials being the famous oysters of Chesapeake Bay and fruits from its shores. The annual product is 50,000,000 cans, and about 15,000 hands are em

ployed in this industry. Iron, steel, and copper are produced; and the Bessemer Steel Works at Sparrow's Point (9 M. from Baltimore) have a daily capacity of 2000 tons, equal to about one-third of the total produce of the United Kingdom. The cotton-duck mills in and near Baltimore run 150,000 spindles, employ about 6000 hands, and produce three-fourths of the sail-duck made in the United States. In brick-making Baltimore ranks fourth among American cities, producing annually 150,000,000. Next to New York it is the largest grain-market on the Atlantic coast, its annual receipts being 40-60 million bushels. The value of the imports of Baltimore in 1891 was $18,270,000, of exports $79,500,000. In 1890 its harbour was entered and cleared by 1651 vessels of 2,127,247 tons burden.

The water-supply of Baltimore is furnished by the Gunpowder River and Jones's Falls, and is stored in 8 reservoirs with an aggregate capacity of 2275 million gallons, capable of a daily supply of 300 million gallons, the daily consumption being 45 millions. The water from Gunpowder River is brought through a tunnel almost 7 M. long.

Before the days of railway transportation Baltimore was the principal centre for the trade with the West, the produce from which was carried in huge 'Conestoga' wagons across the mountains and over the national turnpike to this city. As curious relics of that period there still remain in the older portion of the city, near Jones's Falls, in a neighbourhood locally known as 'Old Town, a few old inns or taverns with spacious yards attached, where stabling was found for these wagons and their long teams of mules. Though now falling into decay, they preserve the type of the old-fashioned post-houses. For visiting them, and a few quaint streets containing houses characteristic of the last century, the guidance of a resident is required.

The natural centre for the visitor to Baltimore is *Mt. Vernon Place (Pl. C, 4), a small square, prettily laid out and suggesting Paris in its tasteful monuments and surrounding buildings. In the centre of the square rises the Washington Monument (Pl. C, 4), a column 130 ft. high, resting on a base 35 ft. in height and surmounted by a colossal statue of George Washington. The **View from the top (open from 9 a.m. till dusk; adm. 15 c.) forms the best introduction to the city.

The monument stands at the intersection of Charles St. (p. 247), running N. and S.. and Monument St., running E. and W. To the S. lies the harbour. The dark-grey building to the E., just beyond the railway, is the Gaol (Pl. D, 4). Johns Hopkins Hospital (p. 248) is conspicuous to the E.

The other monuments in the square include "Bronzes of Peace, War, Force, Order, and a Lion, by Barye (p. 247); a statue of Chief Justice Taney (p. 250), by Rinehart; a statue of Peabody (p. 91), by Story (a replica of the one in London); and a figure of Military Courage, by Dubois.

On the N. side of the square is the handsome Mt. Vernon Methodist Episcopal Church (Pl. C, 4). On the S. side of the square stands the *Peabody Institute (Pl. C, 4), founded and endowed by Mr. George Peabody (p. 91), for the encouragement of science, art, and general knowledge.

The Library (9-10.30), on the ground-floor, contains 110,000 well-selected vols.; the Reading Room is large and handsome.

The Art Gallery (10-4; catalogue 15 c.), on the first floor, contains collections of casts, American paintings, etc. The *Rinehart Collection consists of casts (Nos. 116-139, 163-167, 168-182) of the works of William H. Rinehart (1825-74), a native of Maryland. No. 106 (Clytia) is an original. The institution also includes a Conservatorium of Music.

Also on the S. side of the square (No. 5) is the house of Mr. W. T. Walters, containing the celebrated **Walters Collection, one

of the finest private collections of art in America, if not in the world (open to the public on Wed., in Feb., March, and April, on Sat. also in April; tickets 50 c., sold for the benefit of the poor, at the Mt. Vernon Hotel, etc.; also at 1113 Pennsylvania Ave., Washington).

The Collection of Paintings (250), in a beautiful gallery lighted from the roof, consists mainly of masterpieces of modern French masters and is remarkable for its uniformly high rank of excellence, almost every canvas being good of its kind. Among the most noted pictures are the following: 8. Charles Gleyre (1807-74), Lost illusions; 12. Alma_Tadema, Triumph of Titus; *13. J. B. Corot (1796-1875), Martyrdom of St. Sebastian (a large canvas, 8 ft. x 4 ft); 19. Briton Rivière, Syria (the Night Watch); 24. Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828), George Washington; 32. Alma Tadema, Sappho; 46. Mariano Fortuny (1838-74), Hindoo snake-charmers; *48. H. Leys (1815-69), Edict of Charles V.; *58. C. Troyon (1810-65), Cattle drinking; *60. Millet (1814-75), Potato harvest; 63. Gérôme, Last prayer of Christian martyrs; 4. Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863), Crucifixion; *85. Paul Delaroche (1797-1856), 'Hémicycle du Palais des Beaux-Arts, a reduced replica of the mural painting in the Palais des Beaux-Arts at Paris, with figures of great artists and allegorical figures of art, etc.; 86. E. van Marcke (d. 1891), The approaching storm; 92. J. J. Henner, Nymph; 101. Horace Vernet (1789-1863), Italian brigands surprised by papal troops; *103. Th. Rousseau (1812-67), Le Givre (winter solitude); *109. Gérôme, The duel after the masquerade; 111. J. L. E. Meissonier (1816-91), The jovial trooper; 118. Alma Tadema, A Roman Emperor (Claudius); 119. A. de Neuville (1836-85), Attack at dawn; 135. C. F. Daubigny (1817-78), Sunset; 136. Jules Breton, Returning from the fields; *141. Millet, Sheepfold; 145. Eugène Delacroix, Jesus on the Sea of Galilee; **154. Meissonier, 1814' (Napoleon on the retreat from Moscow).

WATER-COLOURS, DRAWINGS, etc., in small rooms: 200. Millet, The Angelus (original design for the well-known painting); 201. Millet, Shepherd at the fold; 208. Rosa Bonheur, Andalusian bulls; 209. E. Detaille, Ready to march; 212-217. Water-colours by Félix Ziem; 221. Meissonier Courtyard of the artist's studio; 224. Rosa Bonheur, Conversation; *226. Millet, The Sower; 236. 0. Achenbach, Posilipo; 238. Fred. Walker (1840-75), Fishmarket; 248. Alex. Bida, Religious fanatics; Alma Tadema, 245. Twixt Venus and Bacchus, 246. Xanthe and Phaon; 248. Millet, Shepherdess; 250, 251. Meissonier, Portraits of himself.

HALL. 300. W. H. Rinehart (p. 246), Woman of Samaria; E. D. Palmer, 301. First Disappointment, 302. Infant Flora.

The ORIENTAL ROOM contains a magnificent **Collection of Chinese and Japanese bronzes, enamels, porcelain, ivory-carvings, paintings, etc. A room upstairs (not usually shown) contains an extensive series of *Bronzes and Drawings, by A. L. Barye (1796-1875).

The other treasures of the collections, many of them stowed away in closed cabinets or in rooms not shown to visitors, include art-furniture, European porcelain and metal-work, mosaics, Limoges enamels, and objects of bric-a-brac of all kinds in endless profusion.

CHARLES STREET (Pl. C, 1-8), one of the chief thoroughfares of the city, leads to the N. from the Washington Monument past the Union Station (Pl. C, D, 2, 3; p. 244). Following it to the S., we pass (right) the First Unitarian Church (Pl. C, 4) and the back of the Roman Catholic Cathedral (Pl. C, 4), which faces Cathedral St. It is surmounted by a dome, 95 ft. high, and contains some interesting paintings. Three plenary councils have been held here. Adjacent is the residence of the Archbishop (p. 245).

In E. Mulberry St., a little to the W. of the Cathedral, is the *Pratt Free Library (Pl. C, 4), a white marble building, containing 70,000 books.

At the corner of Charles St. and Saratoga St., to the right, is the