A reproduction of the Colossal Statue of King Alfred the Great, Hamo Thornycroft, R. A., Sculptor, to be unveiled at Winchester, England. By courtesy of the Directors of the Old South Work, Boston.

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King Alfred was born in Wantage, in Berkshire, in 849. He was the fourth son of Ethelwn, and grandson of Egbert. The first incident related of him is his journey to Rome in company with his father. This instance seems of no weightier importance than to show the folly and danger of a king's absence from his dominions for too great a period. The silly Ethelwulf, now quite advanced in years, while visiting