THIS FIRST-CLASS ESTABLISHMENT is the most delightfully situated of any Hotel in the Lake District. It is surrounded with beautiful pleasure grounds and select walks, from which excellent views of Brantwood, the home of the late Professor Ruskin, and Tent Lodge, for some time the residence of the late Lord Tennyson, are obtained; and embraces most interesting Lake and Mountain Views. Coniston Churchyard, the burial place of the late John Ruskin, and the Ruskin Museum, are within a few minutes walk of the Hotel. =Billiards. Lawn Tennis. Private Boats.= Fishing. A Steam Gondola runs daily on the Lake during the Season. _Char a Banc. Open and Close Carriages and Post Horses._ =Coaches Daily to AMBLESIDE, GRASMERE, WINDERMERE and LANGDALES.= AN OMNIBUS MEETS ALL TRAINS ARRIVING. =J. TYSON, Proprietor.= JOHN BAXTER, Painter and Decorator, Dealer in Paperhangings, Glass, Oils, Colours, &c. LAKE VIEW, CONISTON, R.S.O. All Papers edged by Machine Free of Charge ESTIMATES FREE. WRITE FOR TITUS WILSON'S LIST OF LOCAL PUBLICATIONS Post Free to any Address. 28, Highgate, Kendal. _'Fairfield' Temperance Hotel_, CAFE AND RESTAURANT, _Opposite the Church._ Also a FANCY REPOSITORY with a fine selection of Pictorial Post Cards, Crest and View China. _Dark Room._ JONATHAN BELL, Joiner, Builder, English timber and Slate Merchant. Complete Undertaker. Plans made & Estimates given for every description of Building. HAWS BANK, CONISTON, R.S.O. LANCASHIRE. _Titus Wilson, Printer, Kendal._ Transcriber's Notes Very few changes have been made to the published text. Obvious inconsistencies of punctuation have been resolved. Inconsistencies of hyphenation have been retained except those between text and index which have been resolved. Words in italics are represented thus; _italic_ while words in bold are represented thus; =bold=. Many abbreviations are shown with the (usually) final character superscripted. These are represented by ^. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Book of Coniston, by William Gershom Collingwood