Produced by Chuck Greif, MFR and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) Beautiful Lakeland [Illustration] “Who comes not hither Ne’er can know, How beautiful The world below.” --_Wordsworth._ By Ashley P. Abraham. [Illustration: Near Ferry Nab, Windermere “An August Afternoon.”] Beautiful Lakeland By ASHLEY P. ABRAHAM Nature I’ll court in her sequestered haunts, By mountain, meadow, streamlet, grove or dell, Where the poisèd lark his evening ditty chants, And health, and peace, and contemplation dwell. --_Smollett._ With 32 full page Monogravure Illustrations (copyright) By G. P. ABRAHAM, F.R.P.S., Keswick. published by G. P. ABRAHAM, KESWICK. 1912. Contents PAGE CHAPTER I. An appreciation: The cause and history of Lakeland 5 ” II. Windermere and Ambleside 12 ” III. Grasmere and Rydal 19 ” IV. Thirlmere, Derwentwater and Bassenthwaite 24 ” V. The Buttermere Round 32 ” VI. Ullswater, Helvellyn and Kirkstone Pass 39 ” VII. Coniston, Wastwater and Furness Abbey 45 List of Illustrations