HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
NEW YORK AND LONDON
1906

Copyright, 1906, by Harper & Brothers.
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All rights reserved.
Published October, 1906.

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
[I.][The Landing of a Pilgrim at Plymouth][1]
[II.][Twenty-four Hours at Exeter][22]
[III.][A Fortnight in Bath][39]
[IV.][A Country Town and a Country House][83]
[V.][Afternoons in Wells and Bristol][103]
[VI.][By way of Southampton to London][122]
[VII.][In Folkestone Out of Season][143]
[VIII.][Kentish Neighborhoods, Including Canterbury][173]
[IX.][Oxford][193]
[X.][The Charm of Chester][219]
[XI.][Malvern among Her Hills][237]
[XII.][Shrewsbury by way of Worcester and Hereford][257]
[XIII.][Northampton and the Washington Country][275]

ILLUSTRATIONS

[WESTGATE, SOUTHAMPTON][Frontispiece]
[“THE PROMENADE ... A PROMONTORY PUSHED WELL OUT INTO THE SOUND”][Facing p. 4]
[LOOKING DOWN FROM THE HOE ][“ 8]
[A GROUP OF PUBLIC EDIFICES, MODERN PLYMOUTH][“ 10]
[OLD HOUSES ALOOF FROM THE WATER][“ 16]
[A BIT OF COUNTRY BETWEEN PLYMOUTH AND EXETER][“ 22]
[“IN EXETER OUR FIRST CATHEDRAL WAS WAITING US”][“ 24]
[THE CASTLE OF ROUGEMONT][“ 26]
[“THE CATHEDRAL ... A SOFT GRAY BLUR OF AGE-WORN CARVING”][“ 28]
[GREAT PULTENEY STREET][“ 42]
[THE RED-TILED HOUSE-ROOFS AND CHURCH SPIRES OF BATH][“ 48]
[CIRCUS FROM BENNET STREET][“ 50]
[THE GUINEA-PIG MAN][“ 80]
[SAXON CHAPEL AT BRADFORD][“ 84]
[KINGSTON HOUSE, BRADFORD][“ 88]
[SUTTON COURT, ONE OF ENGLAND’S HISTORIC HOUSES][“ 94]
[WELLS CATHEDRAL, FROM SOUTHEAST][“ 106]
[MARKET-PLACE, WELLS][“ 110]
[BRISTOL HARBOR AND DRAWBRIDGE][“ 112]
[CLIFTON, FROM ASHTON MEADOWS][“ 116]
[GORGE OF THE AVON, WITH ST. VINCENT’S ROCKS][“ 120]
[THE SOUTH SHORE, SOUTHAMPTON][“ 126]
[“THE PIER WAS A PRIVATE ENTERPRISE “][“ 128]
[THE OLD TOWER WALL][“ 136]
[“THE TRAM’S COURSE WAS LARGELY THROUGH UMBRAGEOUS AVENUES”][“ 140]
[THE BEACH, FOLKESTONE][“ 144]
[THE PIER WITH ITS PAVILION][“ 146]
[THE SHELTER UNDER THE LEAS][“ 148]
[THE FISH-MARKET AT FOLKESTONE][“ 150]
[THE ANCIENT CHURCH AT HYTHE][“ 156]
[ST. MARTIN’S CHURCH, CANTERBURY][“ 184]
[THE NORMAN STAIRCASE IN THE CLOSE—CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL][“ 186]
[MAGDALEN TOWER][“ 194]
[“A BUMP”][“ 200]
[OXFORD—LOOKING UP THE ISIS][“ 216]
[WATER-TOWER AND ROMAN REMAINS][“ 220]
[KING CHARLES’S TOWER][“ 224]
[CHESTER CASTLE][“ 230]
[MALVERN—THE TOWN][“ 240]
[THE PRIORY CHURCH—NORTH VIEW][“ 242]
[BRITISH CAMP, SHOWING ROMAN INTRENCHMENTS][“ 250]
[PRIORY CHURCH—SWAN POOL IN FOREGROUND][“ 254]
[WORCESTER CATHEDRAL, FROM SOUTHWEST][“ 258]
[WORCESTER FROM THE RIVER][“ 260]
[THE ENGLISH BRIDGE][“ 272]
[THE WASHINGTON HOUSE AT LITTLE BRINGTON][“ 278]
[THE BUSINESS CENTRE OF NORTHAMPTON][“ 280]
[THE CHURCH AT GREAT BRINGTON][“ 286]