THE HOME FRIEND; A Weekly Miscellany OF AMUSEMENT AND INSTRUCTION. PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE COMMITTEE OF GENERAL LITERATURE AND EDUCATION APPOINTED BY THE SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE. PRINTED FOR THE SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE; SOLD AT THE DEPOSITORY, GREAT QUEEN STREET, LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS; 4, ROYAL EXCHANGE; 16, HANOVER STREET, HANOVER SQUARE; AND BY ALL BOOKSELLERS. 1853. THE HOME FRIEND; A WEEKLY MISCELLANY OF AMUSEMENT AND INSTRUCTION. ON a very high steep, and surmounting several green slopes, overlooking on one side the town of Dover, and on the other its pebbly shores, stand the remains of one of the oldest churches in the kingdom, the church of Dover Castle. The body and tower of the church are yet left, and the broken and roofless walls, grey with age, are here and there enlivened by some green moss or spreading fern, by chickweed or pellitory, or the clump of yellow wallflower, bringing to us a breath of spring as we wander by the ruin. It is every way an interesting spot: the old Roman lighthouse VOL. III. B |