Produced by Mark C. Orton, D Alexander, Linda McKeown and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net JOHN AND BETTY'S HISTORY VISIT BY MARGARET WILLIAMSON _ILLUSTRATED FROM PHOTOGRAPHS_ BOSTON LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO. Published, March, 1910 COPYRIGHT, 1910, BY LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO. _All rights reserved_ JOHN AND BETTY'S HISTORY VISIT Norwood Press BERWICK & SMITH CO. Norwood, Mass. U. S. A. [Illustration: THEY SUDDENLY SAW THE TREMENDOUS CATHEDRAL LOOMING UP BEFORE THEM.--_Page 70._] CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. FIRST IMPRESSIONS 9 II. THE FIRST EVENING 15 III. WESTMINSTER ABBEY 20 IV. PENSHURST PLACE: THE HOME OF SIR PHILIP SIDNEY 37 V. THE TOWER OF LONDON 50 VI. ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL AND ITS VICINITY 65 VII. A SUNDAY NIGHT CHAT 83 VIII. WINDSOR CASTLE, STOKE POGES, AND ETON SCHOOL 94 IX. MORE ABOUT LONDON 107 X. RICHMOND AND HAMPTON COURT PALACE 122 XI. STRATFORD-ON-AVON 138 XII. A DAY IN WARWICKSHIRE 161 XIII. WARWICK AND KENILWORTH CASTLES 181 XIV. SHERWOOD FOREST AND HADDON HALL 203 XV. WINCHESTER, SALISBURY, AND STONEHENGE 222 XVI. CLOVELLY 238 XVII. ROCHESTER AND CANTERBURY 251 XVIII. GOOD-BY TO LONDON 273 INDEX 289 ILLUSTRATIONS THEY SUDDENLY SAW THE TREMENDOUS CATHEDRAL LOOMING UP BEFORE THEM (_Page 70_) _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE "OH, WHAT'S THIS PLACE? I AM SURE I HAVE SEEN PICTURES OF IT!" 12 "DO YOU REMEMBER THOSE QUAINT LITTLE VERSES ABOUT 'BOW BELLS'?" 16 "I ONLY WISH I COULD BE A GUARD AND RIDE A HORSE LIKE ONE OF THOSE!" 20 "THERE'S THE ABBEY RIGHT AHEAD OF US" 26 "WHAT'S THE USE OF HAVING SO MANY DOORS?" 40 "THIS SEEMS TO SPEAK OF PEACE, HAPPINESS, AND SAFETY" 44 "I WANT TO SEE WHO THOSE FELLOWS IN THE FUNNY RED UNIFORMS ARE" 50 "THE KING CANNOT PROCEED INTO THE 'CITY' WITHOUT BEING FIRST RECEIVED AT TEMPLE BAR BY THE LORD MAYOR" 68