It may seem that there is little excuse for a new book on English travel, since works covering the beaten path in the British Isles fairly teem from the press. But as a record of pilgrimages to the unfamiliar shrines and to the odd corners all over the United Kingdom this book may have its value. My reference to the tourist-frequented spots has been only incidental, and I think I can claim to have found much of interest not elsewhere described. And this I put forth as my chief excuse for adding one more to the already long list of British travel books.
But in my illustrations I have another, and perhaps to many a better, excuse for my venture on such well-trodden ground. I believe that few books of travel have come from the press that can justly claim a higher rank in this particular. The sixteen color plates reproduce the work of some of the most noted contemporary artists, and the duogravures are the most perfect English photographs—no country on earth surpasses England in photography—perfectly reproduced.
I trust that these features may give a real value to the book and make it acceptable to the large and increasing number of those readers and travelers abroad who are interested in the Motherland.
T. D. M.
| COLOR PLATES | Page |
| [SULGRAVE MANOR, THE CRADLE OF THE WASHINGTONS] | Frontispiece |
| [WARWICK CASTLE FROM THE AVON] | 1 |
| [SULGRAVE CHURCH AND VILLAGE] | 40 |
| [IN SUNNY DEVON] | 70 |
| [KING ARTHUR’S CASTLE, OFF TINTAGEL HEAD, CORNWALL] | 74 |
| [OFF THE COAST OF DEVON] | 76 |
| [EVENING ON THE CORNISH COAST] | 82 |
| [A WORCESTERSHIRE COMMON] | 136 |
| [HADDON HALL FROM THE RIVER] | 146 |
| [IN OLD WHITBY] | 168 |
| [A SUSSEX HARVEST FIELD] | 306 |
| [THE HOSPITAL, RYE] | 312 |
| [ON THE DOWNS] | 322 |
| [A GLIMPSE OF THE LOUGH, IRELAND] | 346 |
| [ON THE RIVER LLEDR, WALES] | 368 |
| [LUDLOW CASTLE FROM THE RIVER TEME] | 386 |
| DUOGRAVURES | |
| [OLD MANOR HOUSE, BRENT ELEIGH] | 20 |
| [A STREET CORNER, EARLS COLNE, ESSEX] | 28 |
| [MARNEY TOWERS, ESSEX] | 30 |
| [CROSS ROADS NEAR OUNDLE] | 34 |
| [KIRBY HALL] | 38 |
| [WASHINGTON BRASS, SULGRAVE CHURCH] | 42 |
| [THE WASHINGTON CHURCH, GREAT BRINGTON] | 46 |
| [LYGON ARMS, BROADWAY] | 54 |
| [TAWSTOCK CHURCH, DEVONSHIRE] | 78 |
| [BERKELEY CASTLE] | 86 |
| [BISHOP’S PALACE, HEREFORD] | 92 |
| [TONG VILLAGE, SHROPSHIRE] | 94 |
| [BOSCOBEL HOUSE, SHROPSHIRE] | 96 |
| [CAERPHILLY CASTLE, SOUTH WALES] | 108 |
| [CARDIFF CASTLE] | 110 |
| [NEATH ABBEY, SOUTH WALES] | 114 |
| [ST. DAVID’S CATHEDRAL] | 120 |
| [TOWN CROSS, STOCKS AND WHIPPING POST, RIPPLE] | 132 |
| [RUINS OF CHARTLEY CASTLE, DERBYSHIRE] | 140 |
| [CHESTERFIELD CHURCH] | 144 |
| [NEWSTEAD ABBEY] | 154 |
| [WHITBY ABBEY AND CROSS] | 166 |
| [RABY CASTLE] | 172 |
| [HAWORTH CHURCH] | 196 |
| [CASTLE HOWARD] | 200 |
| [REMAINS OF GREAT ROMAN WALL NEAR HEXHAM] | 208 |
| [NAWORTH CASTLE] | 210 |
| [TANTALLON CASTLE AND BASS ROCK] | 228 |
| [CASTLE BOLTON, WENSLEYDALE, YORKSHIRE] | 240 |
| [MIDDLEHAM CASTLE, WENSLEYDALE] | 244 |
| [RUINS OF PONTEFRACT CASTLE] | 250 |
| [LACOCK ABBEY] | 262 |
| [BROMHAM CHURCH, BURIAL PLACE OF THOMAS MOORE] | 266 |
| [CASTLE COMBE VILLAGE, WILTSHIRE] | 268 |
| [CORFE VILLAGE AND CASTLE] | 280 |
| [AN ISLE OF WIGHT ROAD] | 288 |
| [THE TENNYSON HOME, FRESHWATER, ISLE OF WIGHT] | 294 |
| [COTTAGE, FRESHWATER, ISLE OF WIGHT] | 296 |
| [ABBEY CHURCH, ROMSEY] | 300 |
| [COWDRAY CASTLE, NEAR MIDHURST] | 304 |
| [THE “BLUE IDOL,” PENN’S MEETING HOUSE, SUSSEX] | 308 |
| [KILKENNY CASTLE] | 328 |
| [CASHEL CATHEDRAL, TIPPERARY] | 332 |
| [HOLY CROSS ABBEY, TIPPERARY] | 334 |
| [ANCIENT ORATORY, KILLALOE] | 356 |
| [WHITTINGTON CASTLE, SHROPSHIRE] | 370 |
| [LUDLOW CASTLE; THE WALK BENEATH THE WALL] | 380 |
| [DOOR TO ROUND CHAPEL, LUDLOW CASTLE] | 384 |
| MAPS | |
| [MAP OF ENGLAND AND WALES] | 390 |
| [MAP OF SCOTLAND AND IRELAND] | 402 |