Peeps at many lands: Wales

A guided tour of Wales that combines travel description, local industries, and folklore, moving through regions from rugged mountains and historic castles to market towns, coasts, rivers, and notable sites. The author interweaves landscape sketches and practical notes on coal, slate, and wool industries with retellings of legends, antiquities, and battles, and chapters on eisteddfodau, Harlech, a buried village, and landmarks such as the Wye valley, Plynlimmon, and Devil's Bridge. Illustrations and maps accompany observational essays that balance contemporary life with meditation on myth and memory, emphasizing how local traditions and ruins shape present-day places.