THOMAS NELSON AND SONS
LONDON, EDINBURGH, DUBLIN
AND NEW YORK.

TO
DOROTHY
AND
VIVIAN LOCKE ELLIS


First Published April 1914

CONTENTS.

I.In Search of Spring[9]
II.The Start: London to Guildford[34]
III.Guildford to Dunbridge[76]
IV.From Dunbridge over Salisbury Plain[128]
V.Three Wessex Poets[180]
VI.The Avon, the Biss, the Frome[199]
VII.Trowbridge to Shepton Mallet[216]
VIII.Shepton Mallet to Bridgwater[235]
IX.Bridgwater to the Sea[265]
X.The Grave of Winter[290]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.