[Illustration: THE NEEDLES] ISLE OF WIGHT PAINTED BY A. HEATON COOPER DESCRIBED BY A. R. HOPE MONCRIEFF [Illustration: colophon] LONDON ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK 1908 Contents CHAPTER PAGE I. THE ISLAND 1 II. RYDE 19 III. NEWPORT 33 IV. THE EAST SIDE 54 V. THE UNDERCLIFF 77 VI. THE BACK OF THE ISLAND 92 VII. FRESHWATER AND THE NEEDLES 104 VIII. YARMOUTH 119 IX. COWES 139 X. THE GATES OF THE ISLAND 154 List of Illustrations 1. The Needles _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE 2. Ryde--Moonrise 20 3. Newchurch--the Mother Church of Ryde 24 4. Newport 34 5. Carisbrooke Castle 40 6. Godshill 50 7. Water Meadows of the Yar near Alverstone 58 8. Sandown Bay 60 9. Shanklin Village--Moonlight after rain 72 10. Shanklin Chine 74 11. Bonchurch Old Church near Ventnor 84 12. The Landslip near Ventnor 86 13. The Undercliff near Ventnor 90 14. Blackgang Chine 96 15. Shorwell 100 16. Farringford House 106 17. Freshwater Bay 112 18. Totland Bay 118 19. Yarmouth 120 20. Shalfleet 124 21. Calbourne 138 22. Yachting at Cowes 144