LONDON:
METHUEN AND CO., 18, BURY STREET, W.C.
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company.
1890.

[The right of reproduction is reserved.]

Richard Clay & Sons, Limited,
London & Bungay.

CONTENTS.

CHAP. PAGE
I.Old County Families[1]
II.The Last Squire[28]
III.Country Houses[53]
IV.The Old Garden[93]
V.The Country Parson[116]
VI.The Hunting Parson[146]
VII.Country Dances[174]
VIII.Old Roads[198]
IX.Family Portraits[219]
X.The Village Musician[239]
XI.The Village Bard[259]
XII.Old Servants[284]
XIII.The Hunt[315]
XIV.The County Town[334]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

Head and tail pieces to each chapter by F. D. Bedford.
PAGE
Country Dance—[Frontispiece]W. Parkinson
Old Dames with their Factotum Butler""[5]
Sydenham House, DevonF. Masey[7]
Wortham—An Empty Shell""[24]
Grimstone""[29]
Madame GrymW. Parkinson[33]
Gryms, A Group ofFrom painting[36]
Courtyard, Little HempstonF. Masey[57]
House at Little Hempston""[58]
WillsworthyF. B. Bond[59]
""Plan""[60]
Kew PalaceF. Masey[63]
Tonacombe, North Cornwall""[68]
A Parlour FireplaceF. B. Bond[73]
Garden from Tapestry""[98]
Flaxley, from a print of 1714F. D. Bedford[100]
A Town House Garden Front, LauncestonF. Masey[107]
Old Country Parsonage, Bratton-ClovellyF. D. Bedford[121]
""" Parson in CassockW. Parkinson[133]
Parson Chowne and Sally's Young Man""[164]
Hippoclides before Clisthenes""[175]
Minuet being DancedW. Parkinson[196]
Packman's WayF. D. Bedford[204]
By the Road-side""[207]
An Old Travelling CarriageF. Masey[214]
Sir Edward, a.d. 1668J. D. Cooper[227]
N. a.d. 1888""[227]
Lady NorthcoteF. D. Bedford[232]
Lady Young""[232]
Old Church OrchestraW. Parkinson[243]
James OlverFrom photo[257]
John HelmoreF. D. Bedford[278]
Richard Hard""[279]
The Old ButlerW. Parkinson[285]
The Hunt Passing""[316]
South Gate, LauncestonF. Masey[335]
Cottages at Woking""[339]
London Inn, Launceston""[343]
Dockacre, """[349]
House at Launceston""[353]
Old Cart, Slate Quarry, Lew TrenchardF. D. Bedford[358]