But in my illustrations I have another, and perhaps to many a better, excuse for my venture on such well-trodden ground. I believe that few books of travel have come from the press that can justly claim a higher rank in this particular. The sixteen color plates reproduce the work of some of the most noted contemporary artists, and the duogravures are the most perfect English photographs--no country on earth surpasses England in photography--perfectly reproduced. I trust that these features may give a real value to the book and make it acceptable to the large and increasing number of those readers and travelers abroad who are interested in the Motherland. T. D. M. CONTENTS Page I SOME NOOKS ABOUT LONDON 1 II WANDERINGS IN EAST ANGLIA 14 III SOME MIDLAND NOOKS AND THE WASHINGTON COUNTRY 32 IV MEANDERINGS FROM COVENTRY TO EXETER 48 V RAMBLES IN THE WEST COUNTRY 68 VI ODD CORNERS OF THE WELSH BORDER 85 VII A WEEK IN SOUTH WALES 102 VIII SOME NOOKS AND CORNERS 127 IX THE BYRON COUNTRY 143 X FROM YORKSHIRE COAST TO BARNARD CASTLE 160 XI LAKELAND AND THE YORKSHIRE DALES 176 XII SOME NORTH COUNTRY SHRINES 199 XIII ACROSS THE TWEED 212 XIV MORE YORKSHIRE WANDERINGS 238 XV ROUND ABOUT WILTSHIRE 257 XVI DORSET AND THE ISLE OF WIGHT 277 XVII SOUTH ENGLAND NOOKS 298 XVIII FROM DUBLIN TO CORK 325 XIX THROUGH SOUTHERN IRELAND 338 XX SOME ODDS AND ENDS 362 XXI LUDLOW TOWN 379 INDEX 391 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS COLOR PLATES Page SULGRAVE MANOR, THE CRADLE OF THE WASHINGTONS Frontispiece WARWICK CASTLE FROM THE AVON 1 SULGRAVE CHURCH AND VILLAGE 40 IN SUNNY DEVON 70 KING ARTHUR'S CASTLE, OFF TINTAGEL HEAD, CORNWALL 74 OFF THE COAST OF DEVON 76 EVENING ON THE CORNISH COAST 82