Pass round the =Ambulatory= and =Choir= to the _first chapel_ at the _east end_ of the _right Aisle_. It contains an altar with the Madonna and Child in Della Robbia ware, probably by Luca. Also, a fine tomb of Ferry de Gros and his two wives, the first of whom reposes by his side and the second beneath him. This is a good piece of early Renaissance workmanship (about 1530). The church also contains a few excellent later works by Pourbus and others, which need not be specified. This was the church of the Florentine merchants at Bruges (whence perhaps the Della Robbia) and particularly of the Portinari, who commissioned the great altar-piece by Van der Goes now in the Hospital of Santa Maria Nuova at Florence. The other churches of Bruges need not detain the tourist, though all contain a few objects of interest for the visitor who has a week or two at his disposition. _F._ THE ACADEMY [The =Académie des Beaux-Arts=, which formerly occupied the _Poorters Loodge_ (or Guild Hall of the citizens within the gates) has a small but valuable =collection of pictures=, removed from the destroyed cathedral of St. Donatian and other churches of Bruges, which well repays a visit. You will here have an excellent opportunity for studying _Jan van Eyck_, whose work I shall more particularly notice when we arrive at Ghent. It is interesting, however, here to compare him with his great successor, _Memling_, who is represented at the Academy by a fine triptych. The little gallery also contains some admirable works by _Gerard David_, one of the latest of the old School of Flemish painters, whose work may thus be observed here side by side with those of his two chief predecessors. Owing to the ruinous state of the original building the collection has been transferred to a temporary apartment, beyond the Hospital bridge, near the Church of Notre-Dame. No tourist should leave Bruges without visiting this interesting collection.] The =Museum= is situated (at present) in a house on the right-hand side of the Rue Ste. Catherine, nearly opposite a new church. Go to it past the Hospital of St. John. Admission daily, 50 c. per person. Begin in the centre of the =wall opposite the entrance=.