[Illustration: THE WATER-GATES, LENDAL BRIDGE] YORK Described by George Benson Pictured by E. W. Haslehust [Illustration] BLACKIE & SON LIMITED LONDON AND GLASGOW BLACKIE & SON LIMITED _16/18 William IV Street, Charing Cross, London, W.C.2_ _17 Stanhope Street, Glasgow_ BLACKIE & SON (INDIA) LIMITED _103/5 Fort Street, Bombay_ BLACKIE & SON (CANADA) LIMITED _Toronto_ BEAUTIFUL ENGLAND Each book contains Twelve Reproductions of Watercolour Paintings by E. W. Haslehust, R.B.A. Heart of London. Cornish Riviera. Dartmoor. Canterbury. Shakespeare-land. Windsor Castle. Dickens-land. The New Forest. Hampton Court. Oxford. Cambridge. York. English Lakes. The Thames. Bath and Wells. Peak District. Winchester. In London’s Byways. Rambles in Greater London. Through London’s Highways. Warwick and Leamington. Norwich and the Broads. BEAUTIFUL SCOTLAND Loch Lomond. Edinburgh. The Scott Country. Shores of Fife. _Printed in Great Britain by Blackie & Son, Ltd., Glasgow_ LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Facing Page The Water-Gates, Lendal Bridge _Frontispiece_ Micklegate Bar 5 Bootham Bar 12 Fishergate Postern from the Walls 16 The Shambles 21 Norman Porch, St. Lawrence’s Tower 28 York Minster 33 York from the City Walls 37 Entrance to the Banqueting Hall, King’s Manor 44 York from the Ouse 48 College Street, St. William’s College and Chapter House 53