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Contents I. Page A Rural Village . . . I rl Village Worthy . 24 . An Evening n-ith a Nightingale . 42, A Talk at the Shoemakers . 51 Countrv Work and Workers 67 4 Few Gypsies 98 Some English Pleasures . . . 106 A Springtime Walk . . 119 An Acquaintance on the Road . . 130 The Home of the Pilgrims . 44 A Market Day . 55 A Night at a Lincolnshire Inn . . 163 A Yorkshire Village . . I 7 5 A Peep at the Gentry ., 188 Castles and Cathedrals . . 203 A Glimpse of the Lake Country . . 223 vii List of Illustrations A Group of Old Town Houses . . . A Cottage Breakfast . Ecclesfield . . Afternoon in the Kitchen English Ricks . A Meet of the Hounds . A Lodge at the Entrance to a hoblemans Grounds . A Manor House . The Street Nalls of a Gentlemans Estate In a Gentlemans Park . A Country Squires Walled Garden An Ancestral Hall A Castle Entrance . Scarborough Castle . Warwick Castle from the Court Lawn . Kenilworth . . Durham Cathedral . . . Gloucester Cathedral . . . Grasmere . . . . . . A o u n t a i n Tarn . Harvesting Oats in Westmoreland a . . Washing . . . An Old Bridge . . . . . . . Kits Coty House . . m . Reaping Barley . . . m . . A Sussex Windmill . . . . m A Village Scene . . . . . Stonehenge . . . . . A Cottage Interior . . m . Page . 168
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