56. A Cheshire Cottage, _Mr. A. S. Littlejohns_ 146 Alderley Edge 57. The Six Bells _Mr. George Wills_ 148 58. A Kentish Farmyard _Mr. Arthur R. Moro_ 150 CHAPTER VIII 59. Study of a Rose Bush _Mrs. Allingham_ 156 60. Wallflowers _Mr. F. G. Debenham_ 156 61. Minna _The Lord Chief Justice of 158 England_ 62. A Kentish Garden _Mrs. Allingham_ 158 63. Cutting Cabbages _Mr. E. W. Fordham_ 160 64. In a Summer Garden _Mr. W. Newall_ 160 65. By the Terrace, Brocket Hall _Lord Mount-Stephen_ 162 66. The South Border _Mrs. Allingham_ 164 67. The South Border _W. Edwards, Jun._ 164 68. Study of Leeks _Mrs. Allingham_ 166 69. The Apple Orchard _Mrs. Dobson_ 166 CHAPTER IX 70. The House, Farringford _Mr. J. Mackinnon_ 176 71. The Kitchen-Garden, Farringford _Mrs. Combe_ 176 72. The Dairy, Farringford _Mr. Douglas Freshfield_ 176 73. One of Lord Tennyson's _Mr. E. Marsh Simpson_ 176 Cottages, Farringford 74. A Garden in October, Aldworth _Mr. F. Pennington_ 176 75. Hook Hill Farm, Freshwater _Sir J. Kitson, Bt., M.P._ 176 76. At Pound Green, Freshwater _Mr. Douglas Freshfield_ 178 77. A Cottage at Freshwater Gate _Sir Henry Irving_ 178 CHAPTER X 78. A Cabin at Ballyshannon _Mrs. Allingham_ 196 79. The Fairy Bridges " " 198 80. The Church of Sta. Maria _Mr. C. P. Johnson_ 200 della Salute, Venice 81. A Fruit Stall, Venice " " 202 _The illustrations in this volume have been engraved and printed by the Hentschel Colourtype Company._ Happy England CHAPTER I OUR TITLE To choose a title that will felicitously fit the lifework of an artist is no easy matter, especially when the product is a very varied one, and the producer is disposed to take a modest estimate of its value. In the present case the titles that have suggested themselves to one or other of those concerned in the selection have not been few, and a friendly contest has ensued over the desire of the artist on the one hand to belittle, and of author and publishers on the other to fairly appraise, both the ground which her work covers and the qualities which it contains.