This has afforded opportunity for numerous additions and corrections—since it was hardly possible that a book covering such a wide scope could be entirely free from mistakes, though, fortunately, these were mainly minor ones. I have to thank numerous readers for helpful suggestions.

That there is a distinct field for such a book is proven by the unexpectedly large demand for the first edition. I hope that the new and revised edition may meet with like favor.

T.D.M.

March 1, 1909.

CONTENTS

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I A FEW GENERALITIES[1]
II IN AND ABOUT LONDON[11]
III A PILGRIMAGE TO CANTERBURY[26]
IV A RUN THROUGH THE MIDLANDS[40]
V THE BORDER TOWNS, SHREWSBURY AND LUDLOW[58]
VI LONDON TO LAND'S END[80]
VII FROM CORNWALL TO SOUTH WALES[100]
VIII THROUGH BEAUTIFUL WALES[115]
IX CHESTER TO THE "HIELANDS"[137]
X THROUGH HISTORIC SCOTLAND[156]
XI FROM EDINBURGH TO YORKSHIRE[173]
XII IN OLD YORKSHIRE[190]
XIII A ZIG-ZAG TRIP FROM YORK TO NORWICH[206]
XIV PETERBOROUGH, FOTHERINGHAY, ETC[221]
XV THE CROMWELL COUNTRY; COLCHESTER[235]
XVI THE HAUNTS OF MILTON AND PENN[247]
XVII A CHAPTER OF DIVERS PLACES AND EXPERIENCES[260]
XVIII IN SURREY AND SUSSEX[275]
XIX KNOLE HOUSE AND PENSHURST[290]
XX SOME MIGHT-HAVE-BEENS[299]
INDEX[311]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

COLOUR PLATES

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[OLD HALF-TIMBEREID HOUSES IN LEDBURY]Frontispiece
[OLD COTTAGE AT NORTON, NEAR EVESHAM]1
[HARVESTING IN HERTFORDSHIRE]16
[THE THREE SPIRES OF LICHFIELD]48
[SUNSET ON THE MOOR]56
[A COTTAGE IN HOLDENHURST, HAMPSHIRE]86
[ROCKS OFF CORNWALL]96
[NEAR LAND'S END]100
[ON DARTMOOR]104
[IN GLOUCESTERSHIRE]112
[ENTRANCE TO LOCH TYNE]144
[THE PATH BY THE LOCH]150
[IN THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS]160
[A SURREY LANDSCAPE]272
[A BIT OF OLD ENGLAND]300
[THE CALEDONIAN COAST]308

DUOGRAVURES

[HADLEY CHURCH, MONKEN HADLEY]22
[DICKENS' HOME, GAD'S HILL, NEAR ROCHESTER]30
[CATHEDRAL, CANTERBURY]33
[RUINS OF URICONIUM, NEAR SHREWSBURY]64
[STOKESAY MANOR HOUSE, NEAR LUDLOW]66
[THE FEATHERS HOTEL, LUDLOW]68
[LUDLOW CASTLE, THE KEEP AND ENTRANCE]72
[A GLADE IN NEW FOREST]88
[ST. JOSEPH'S CHAPEL, GLASTONBURY ABBEY]108
[DISTANT VIEW OF ROSS, SOUTH WELSH BORDER]114
[RUINS OF RAGLAN CASTLE, SOUTH WALES]120
[KILCHURN CASTLE, LOCH AWE]152
[TOWERS OF ELGIN CATHEDRAL, NORTH SCOTLAND]162
[DUNNOTTAR CASTLE, STONEHAVEN, NEAR ABERDEEN]164
[TOWN HOUSE, DUNBAR, SCOTLAND]180
[BAMBOROUGH CASTLE, NORTHUMBERLAND]184
[OLD COTTAGE AT COCKINGTON]200
[SOMERSBY RECTORY, BIRTHPLACE OF TENNYSON]210
[SOMERSBY CHURCH]212
[ST. BOTOLPH'S CHURCH FROM THE RIVER, BOSTON]216
[A TYPICAL BYWAY]224
[JOHN WYCLIF'S CHURCH, LUTTERWORTH]232
[BYRON'S ELM IN CHURCHYARD, HARROW]246
[MILTON'S ROOM IN COTTAGE AT CHALFONT ST. GILES]250
[DISTANT VIEW OF MAGDALEN TOWER, OXFORD]256
[RINGWOOD CHURCH]260
[WINDMILL NEAR ARUNDEL, SUSSEX]274
[ARUNDEL CASTLE]276
[PEVENSEY CASTLE, WHERE THE NORMANS LANDED]280
[WINCHELSEA CHURCH AND ELM TREE]282
[ENTRANCE FRONT BODIAM CASTLE, SUSSEX]286
[PENSHURST PLACE, HOME OF THE SIDNEYS]292

MAPS

[MAP OF ENGLAND AND WALES]310
[MAP OF SCOTLAND]318