HAPPY ENGLAND AGENTS IN AMERICA THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 66 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK [Illustration: 1. PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST _Fradelle & Young._ H. Allingham (signature)] Beautiful Britain HAPPY ENGLAND BY HELEN ALLINGHAM, R.W.S. TEXT BY MARCUS B. HUISH ROYAL CANADIAN EDITION LIMITED TO 1000 SETS [Illustration] CAMBRIDGE CORPORATION, LIMITED MONTREAL A. & C. BLACK, LONDON Contents CHAPTER I Page Our Title 1 CHAPTER II Paintresses, Past and Present 13 CHAPTER III The Artist's Early Work 27 CHAPTER IV The Artist's Surrey Home 67 CHAPTER V The Influence of Witley 81 CHAPTER VI The Woods, the Lanes, and the Fields 98 CHAPTER VII Cottages and Homesteads 118 CHAPTER VIII Gardens and Orchards 151 CHAPTER IX Tennyson's Homes 168 CHAPTER X Mrs. Allingham and her Contemporaries 181 List of Illustrations 1. Portrait of the Artist _Frontispiece_ CHAPTER I Owner of Original. Facing page 2. In the Farmhouse Garden _Mrs. Allingham_ 8 3. The Market Cross, Hagbourne _Mrs. E. Lamb_ 10 4. The Robin _Mr. S. H. S. Lofthouse_ 12 CHAPTER II 5. Milton's House, Chalfont _Mrs. J. A. Combe_ 22 St. Giles 6. The Waller Oak, Coleshill _Mrs. Allingham_ 24 7. Apple and Pear Blossom _Mr. Theodore Uzielli_ 26 CHAPTER III 8. The Young Customers _Miss Bell_ 50 9. The Sand-Martins' Haunt _Miss Marian James_ 54 10. The Old Men's Gardens, _Mr. C. Churchill_ 56 Chelsea Hospital 11. The Clothes-Line _Miss Marian James_ 58 12. The Convalescent _Mr. R. S. Budgett_ 60 13. The Goat Carriage _Sir F. Wigan, Bt._ 62 14. The Clothes-Basket _Mr. C. P. Johnson_ 62 15. In the Hayloft _Miss Bell_ 64 16. The Rabbit Hutch _Mr. C. P. Johnson_ 64 17. The Donkey Ride _Sir J. Kitson, Bt., M.P._ 66 CHAPTER IV 18. A Witley Lane _Mr. H. W. Birks_ 74