In Lakeland Dells and Fells
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BY THE AUTHOR OF THE PRESENT VOLUME With a Frontispiece. Crown 8vo., cloth, gilt top, 6s.
LAKE-COUNTRY RAMBLES
‘Much has been written about the Lake Country, but few Lake Country books have been so observant and pleasant as Mr. Palmer’s “Lake-Country Rambles.” Mr. Palmer’s unambitious volume has simplicity and real appreciation; he knows what he is writing about, and he gives sound advice.’— Academy.
‘It would be almost impossible to imagine anyone unmoved to keen pleasure in the reading of Mr. Palmer’s book on the Lake-land he knows and loves so well.... It must suffice to recommend all lovers of Nature and good books to buy it and read it. It will—admirable test—be a delightful possession in Lake land itself.’— Vanity Fair.
‘One of the very best studies of Lake-country life that has ever been published, and there is no dull page in it.’— London Quarterly Review.
‘Clever and pleasant reading. The book is well worth the attention of those who collect the literature of country life and sport.... Mr. Palmer traverses many branches of sport, and never writes without interest and spirit.... The whole book is worthy of the country, which has many and fine literary associations.’— Pall Mall Gazette.
‘A most fascinating and delightful book. Mr. Palmer knows his Lake-land thoroughly; no phase of its many-sided life has escaped his notice. The spirit of the place is upon him, and his pages reflect it with truth and vividness ... and make the scenes he describes live before the reader in a manner which recalls the work of Richard Jefferies. We cordially thank Mr. Palmer for a most fascinating volume.’— Monthly Register.
William T. Palmer
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Transcriber’s Notes
CONTENTS
SHEPHERD LIFE AMONG THE FELLS
I. A Link with the Past
II. At a Shepherds’ Meet
III. A Mountain Catastrophe
IV. In Wild Weather
‘FELL-WALKING’ RECORDS
THE COMPLETE RAMBLER
I. Up the Dale
II. Harvest-time on the Fells
III. A Mountain Ramble
IV. A Sketch of Duddonside
V. Ghyll-climbing
VI. Mountain Moonlight
THE DALESMEN’S SPORT
Mountain Fox-hunting
THE ANGLER IN THE LAKE COUNTRY
I. Trolling on Lake Windermere
II. Out with the Bracken-clock
III. At Mayfly Time
IV. Evening Fishing
V. About the Fish-spear
TALES OF THE MIST
I. Daybreak on the Sands
II. The Peril of the Sands
SPORT AMONG THE FELLS
I. Along the Heather
II. Rough the Beagle; or, A Rabbit-shooting Expedition
III. A Winter Day’s Sport
IV. On the Frozen Meres
AMONG UNDERGROUND SCENERY
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