The Mauvais Pas, Mont Blanc. 418 The Needle of the Giants and Mont Blanc. 419 The Matterhorn. 421 The Dent Blanche. 422 The Rhone Glacier. 424 Passage of a Crevasse, Mont Blanc. 425 Pyramids of the Morteratsch. 426 Passage of a Crevasse, Mont Blanc. 428 Lord Dunraven. 429 Lady Dunraven. 430 Dunraven Castle. 431 Captain William Cranfield of the "Valkyrie." 431 G. T. Watson, Designer of the "Valkyrie." 432 The "Valkyrie." 433 The Kenry Gateway. 434 Adare Manor House. 435 Adare Gallery. 436 Ruins of Desmond Castle. 437 THOMAS B. REED, OF MAINE. THE MAN AND HIS HOME. BY ROBERT P. PORTER. It was at a dinner in Washington that I had the good fortune to find myself seated next to Thomas B. Reed, of Maine. It was a brilliant occasion, for around the table sat well-known statesmen, scientists, jurists, economists, and literary men, besides two or three who had gained eminence in the medical profession. Mr. Reed was at his best, "better than the best champagne." His conversation, sparkling with good-nature, was not only exhilarating to his immediate neighbors, but at times to the entire table. Being among friends, among the sort of men he really liked, he let himself out as it were. [Illustration: Thomas B. Reed, Portland Me, 17 July 1893] Before the conversation had gone beyond the serious point I remember asking the ex-Speaker how he felt at the time when the entire Democratic press of the country had pounced upon him; when he was being held up as "The Czar"--a man whose iron heels were crushing out American popular government. "Oh," he promptly replied, "you mean what were my feelings while the uproar about the rules of the Fifty-first Congress was going on, and while the question was in doubt? Well, I had no feeling except that of entire serenity, and the reason was simple. I knew just what I was going to do if the House did not sustain me;" and raising his eyes, with a typical twist of his mouth which those who have seen it don't easily forget, he added, "when a man has decided upon a plan of action for either contingency there is no need for him to be disturbed, you know." "And may I ask what you determined to do if the House decided adversely?"