England, Picturesque and Descriptive: A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel
ALTON TOWERS.
OLD MILL AT SELBORNE.
PHILADELPHIA; PORTER AND COATES. Copyright By PORTER & COATES, 1882. Press of Henry B. Ashmead, Philada. Electrotyped by Westcott & Thomson, Philada.
No land possesses greater attractions for the American tourist than England. It was the home of his forefathers; its history is to a great extent the history of his own country; and he is bound to it by the powerful ties of consanguinity, language, laws, and customs. When the American treads the busy London streets, threads the intricacies of the Liverpool docks and shipping, wanders along the green lanes of Devonshire, climbs Alnwick's castellated walls, or floats upon the placid bosom of the picturesque Wye, he seems almost as much at home as in his native land. But, apart from these considerations of common Anglo-Saxon paternity, no country in the world is more interesting to the intelligent traveller than England. The British system of entail, whatever may be our opinion of its political and economic merits, has built up vast estates and preserved the stately homes, renowned castles, and ivy-clad ruins of ancient and celebrated structures, to an extent and variety that no other land can show. The remains of the abbeys, castles, churches, and ancient fortresses in England and Wales that war and time together have crumbled and scarred tell the history of centuries, while countless legends of the olden time are revived as the tourist passes them in review. England, too, has other charms than these. British scenery, though not always equal in sublimity and grandeur to that displayed in many parts of our own country, is exceedingly beautiful, and has always been a fruitful theme of song and story.
The splendor falls on castle-walls And snowy summits old in story: The long light shakes across the lakes. And the wild cataract leaps in glory.
Yet there are few satisfactory and comprehensive books about this land that is so full of renowned memorials of the past and so generously gifted by Nature. Such books as there are either cover a few counties or are devoted only to local description, or else are merely guide-books. The present work is believed to be the first attempt to give in attractive form a book which will serve not only as a guide to those about visiting England and Wales, but also as an agreeable reminiscence to others, who will find that its pages treat of familiar scenes. It would be impossible to describe everything within the brief compass of a single book, but it is believed that nearly all the more prominent places in England and Wales are included, with enough of their history and legend to make the description interesting. The artist's pencil has also been called into requisition, and the four hundred and eighty-seven illustrations will give an idea, such as no words can convey, of the attractions England presents to the tourist.
Joel Cook
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A
REMINISCENCE OF FOREIGN TRAVEL.
AUTHOR OF "A HOLIDAY TOUR IN EUROPE," "BRIEF SUMMER RAMBLES," ETC.
WITH NEARLY FIVE HUNDRED ILLUSTRATIONS.
TO
This Work on England,
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
LIVERPOOL.
KNOWSLEY HALL.
THE ANCIENT CITY OF CHESTER.
CHESHIRE.
THE RIVER DEE.
FLINT AND DENBIGH.
THE MENAI STRAIT.
CAERNARVON AND CONWAY.
THE COAST OF MERIONETH.
LIVERPOOL, NORTHWARD TO THE SCOTTISH BORDER.
LANCASHIRE.
MANCHESTER.
FURNESS AND STONYHURST
LANCASTER CASTLE.
ISLE OF MAN.
CASTLE RUSHEN.
PEELE CASTLE.
THE LAKE COUNTRY.
THE BORDER CASTLES.
LIVERPOOL, THROUGH THE MIDLAND COUNTIES, TO LONDON.
THE PEAK OF DERBYSHIRE.
BESS OF HARDWICKE.
BOLSOVER CASTLE.
THE WYE AND THE DERWENT.
HADDON HALL.
"Drede God and Honour the Kyng."
CHATSWORTH.
MATLOCK AND DOVEDALE.
BEAUCHIEF ABBEY.
STAFFORD AND TRENTHAM.
TAMWORTH AND TUTBURY.
ALTON TOWERS.
SHREWSBURY.
BRIDGENORTH AND WENLOCK ABBEY.
LUDLOW CASTLE.
LICHFIELD CATHEDRAL.
LADY GODIVA OF COVENTRY.
BELVOIR CASTLE.
CHARNWOOD FOREST.
ULVERSCROFT AND GRACE DIEU ABBEY.
ELIZABETH WIDVILE AND LADY JANE GREY.
LEICESTER ABBEY AND CASTLE.
THE EDGEHILL BATTLEFIELD.
THE BATTLE OF NASEBY.
THE LAND OF SHAKESPEARE.
WARWICK
KENILWORTH.
BIRMINGHAM.
FOTHERINGHAY.
HOLMBY HOUSE.
BEDFORD CASTLE.
JOHN BUNYAN.
WOBURN ABBEY.
STOWE.
CRESLOW HOUSE.
THE RIVER THAMES AND LONDON.
THE THAMES HEAD.
SUDELEY CASTLE AND CHAVENAGE.
STANTON HARCOURT AND CUMNOR HALL.
FAIR ROSAMOND.
OXFORD.
THE OXFORD COLLEGES.
MAGDALEN AND BRASENOSE.
NEW COLLEGE AND RADCLIFFE LIBRARY.
OXFORD CHURCHES AND CASTLE.
BANBURY AND BROUGHTON.
WOODSTOCK AND BLENHEIM.
BICESTER AND EYNSHAM.
ABINGDON AND RADLEY.
CAVERSHAM AND READING ABBEY.
THE VICAR OF BRAY.
ETON COLLEGE.
WINDSOR CASTLE.
SOME RIVER SCENES.
LONDON.
ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL.
WESTMINSTER ABBEY.
THE TOWER OF LONDON.
THE LOLLARDS AND LAMBETH.
WHITEHALL.
ST. JAMES PALACE.
BUCKINGHAM PALACE.
KENSINGTON PALACE.
THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.
HYDE PARK.
A VIEW IN THE POULTRY.
THE INNS OF COURT.
THE BRITISH MUSEUM.
SOME LONDON SCENES.
HOLLAND HOUSE.
GREENWICH.
TILBURY FORT.
LONDON, NORTHWARD TO THE TWEED.
ST. ALBANS.
HATFIELD HOUSE.
AUDLEY END AND SAFFRON WALDEN.
CAMBRIDGE.
TRINITY AND ST. JOHN'S COLLEGES.
CAIUS AND CLARE COLLEGES.
KING'S, CORPUS CHRISTI, AND QUEENS' COLLEGES.
OTHER CAMBRIDGE COLLEGES.
THE FENLAND.
PETERBOROUGH CATHEDRAL.
CROWLAND ABBEY.
NORWICH.
BURGHLEY HOUSE.
LINCOLN.
NOTTINGHAM.
SOUTHWELL.
THE DUKERIES.
NEWARK.
HULL AND BEVERLEY.
SHEFFIELD.
WAKEFIELD.
LEEDS.
BOLTON ABBEY.
RIPON AND FOUNTAINS.
RICHMOND CASTLE.
YORK.
CASTLE HOWARD.
SCARBOROUGH AND WHITBY.
DURHAM.
LUMLEY CASTLE AND NEWCASTLE.
HEXHAM.
ALNWICK CASTLE.
FORD CASTLE AND FLODDEN FIELD.
BAMBOROUGH AND GRACE DARLING.
LONDON, WESTWARD TO MILFORD HAVEN.
GLOUCESTER.
TEWKESBURY.
WORCESTER.
THE MALVERN HILLS.
THE RIVER WYE.
THE MAN OF ROSS.
GOODRICH CASTLE AND SYMOND'S YAT.
MONMOUTH.
TINTERN ABBEY AND CHEPSTOW CASTLE.
THE GOLDEN VALLEY.
ABERGAVENNY AND LLANTHONY.
NEWPORT, CARDIFF, AND LLANDAFF.
SWANSEA.
CAERMARTHEN AND PEMBROKE.
LONDON, SOUTH-WEST TO LAND'S END.
ASCOT AND BEARWOOD.
KING ALFRED'S WHITE HORSE.
SALISBURY.
STONEHENGE.
WILTON HOUSE.
BATH.
FONTHILL AND BECKFORD.
BRISTOL.
WELLS.
GLASTONBURY.
SEDGEMOOR BATTLEFIELD.
SHERBORNE.
THE COAST OF DORSET.
WEYMOUTH AND PORTLAND.
THE CHANNEL ISLANDS.
THE SOUTHERN COAST OF DEVON.
EXETER.
TEIGNMOUTH AND TORBAY.
THE DART.
THE PLYM.
PLYMOUTH.
TAVISTOCK.
THE NORTHERN COAST OF DEVON.
LYNTON AND LYNMOUTH.
COMBE MARTIN AND ILFRACOMBE.
MORTE POINT AND BIDEFORD.
CLOVELLY.
CORNWALL.
THE LIZARD PENINSULA.
KYNANCE COVE AND LIZARD HEAD.
ST. MICHAEL'S MOUNT.
PENZANCE AND THE LAND'S END.
LONDON, TO THE SOUTH COAST.
GUILDFORD.
ALDERSHOT CAMP.
DORKING.
EPSOM AND REIGATE.
THE WEALD OF KENT.
ROCHESTER AND CHATHAM.
CANTERBURY.
THE CINQUE PORTS.
SANDWICH.
DOVER.
RYE AND WINCHELSEA.
HASTINGS AND PEVENSEY.
BRIGHTON.
WISTON PARK.
ARUNDEL CASTLE.
SELBORNE.
WINCHESTER.
THE NEW FOREST.
CHRISTCHURCH.
SOUTHAMPTON.
PORTSMOUTH.
THE ISLE OF WIGHT.
CARISBROOKE CASTLE.
TENNYSON'S HOME.
THE NEEDLES.
