Produced by Anna Hall, Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) CORNWALL AGENTS AMERICA THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 64 & 66 Fifth Avenue, NEW YORK AUSTRALASIA OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 205 Flinders Lane, MELBOURNE CANADA THE MACMILLAN COMPANY OF CANADA, LTD. St. Martin's House, 70 Bond Street, TORONTO INDIA MACMILLAN & COMPANY, LTD. MACMILLAN BUILDING, BOMBAY 309 BOW BAZAAR STREET, CALCUTTA [Illustration] THE LAND'S END CORNWALL PAINTED BY G. F. NICHOLLS DESCRIBED BY G. E. MITTON WITH TWENTY FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR [Illustration] A. & C. BLACK, LTD. 4, 5 & 6 SOHO SQUARE, LONDON, W. 1915 Contents CHAPTER I PAGE POPULAR IDEAS OF CORNWALL 1 CHAPTER II THE GATEWAY OF THE DUCHY 24 CHAPTER III THE "TOE" OF CORNWALL 34 CHAPTER IV FURTHEST WEST AND FURTHEST SOUTH 51 CHAPTER V KING ARTHUR'S LAND 71 CHAPTER VI THE SANDY BEACHES OF THE NORTHERN COAST 92 CHAPTER VII THE INLETS OF THE SOUTH COAST 109 CHAPTER VIII CORNISH TOWNS 124 CHAPTER IX CORNISH CUSTOMS 135 SOME BOOKS ON CORNWALL 145 INDEX 147 List of Illustrations in Colour 1. The Land's End _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE 2. Carbis Bay 6 3. Kynance Cove 10 4. At Polperro 14 5. The Coast near the Lizard 16 6. Old Bridge at Lostwithiel 28 7. St. Michael's Mount 34 8. Newlyn 38 9. Lamorna Cove 42 10. Caerthilian Cove 66 11. St. Ives 92 12. A Street in St. Ives 94 13. From Lelant to Godrevy 98 14. Fowey 110 15. Bodinnick Ferry, Fowey 114 16. Looe 118 17. Flushing--from Falmouth 122 18. Truro 124 19. The Banks of the Fal, Falmouth 128 20. At Newlyn 138 _Bird's-Eye View of Fowey Haven, pp._ 112 _and_ 113. _Sketch-Map at end of volume_. CORNWALL I POPULAR IDEAS OF CORNWALL