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Woodburn Grange: A story of English country life; vol. 1 of 3

Chapter 15: Transcriber’s Notes
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A portrait of English rural life centered on an old landed family whose proud Norman lineage contrasts with their diminishing social relevance; the narrative sketches generations at the estate, local neighbours and village characters, and events such as fêtes, picnics, and communal gatherings. Through episodes introducing figures like Sir Roger Rockville, the Woodburns, Betty Trapps, and Thorsby, the story explores conservatism, social customs, agricultural practices, and shifting relations between gentry and villagers, combining family history, local politics, and seasonal festivities to depict changing country manners and the everyday rhythms of estate and village life.

BY MARY HOWITT.


Three Vols.

THE COST OF CAERGWYN.

A STORY OF LIFE IN WALES.

“A story that must live and increase in popularity as its great merits become known.... Mrs. Howitt has done for the Principality what Scott and Lever have done for the sister kingdoms.”—Daily News.

“To construct a novel of a powerful and sustained interest, demands very high and exceptional qualities, which Mrs. Howitt was known to possess, but has never exhibited them to so much advantage as in ‘The Cost of Caergwyn.’ Simeon Hughs is a real creation.”—Standard.

“Enriched from first to last by the grace of writing, and the far nobler grace of Christian earnestness, that are sure to be found in everything penned by Mary Howitt.”—Examiner.

“Mrs. Howitt makes you live amongst Welsh scenery and people by the marvellous fidelity of her descriptions, and the life-like reality of her sketches.”—Sun.

“The tale is one of unabated interest. It is one of the happiest descriptions of Welsh life and manners that we ever came across.”—John Bull.

“It is delightfully written. Its pictures of Welsh exteriors and interiors are wonderfully life-like.”—Sunday Times.


HURST AND BLACKETT.

Transcriber’s Notes

pg 136 Changed strip along the wood-sides to: woodsides
pg 139 Changed his extensive knowlege to: knowledge
pg 145 Removed extra word to: get thee to to do
pg 206 Added quote after: pledged for five pounds.
pg 228 Changed sprang away up-stairs to: upstairs
pg 246 Changed In summer his cornfields to: corn-fields
pg 280 Changed under those dark eyelashes to: eye-lashes
pg 299 Added quote before: If I were a lad
pg 327 Changed single quote to double quote after: both in
these garlands.