| SEPARATE PLATES | |
|---|---|
| PAGE | |
| Early Days on the London and Birmingham Railway. | Frontispiece |
| Bull Ring. (From a Print after David Cox) | 5 |
| Old Birmingham Coaching Bill. | 13 |
| Dudley. (After J. M. W. Turner, R.A.) | 31 |
| High Green, Wolverhampton, 1797. (After Rowlandson) | 47 |
| High Green, Wolverhampton, 1826. (From an Old Print) | 51 |
| High Green, Wolverhampton, 1860. (From a Contemporary Photograph) | 55 |
| Shiffnal. | 67 |
| The Council House. | 141 |
| The Honourable Thomas Kenyon. (From an Old Print) | 153 |
| The Vale of Llangollen. | 177 |
| Llangollen. | 183 |
| Llangollen. (After J. M. W. Turner, R. A.) | 187 |
| Valle Crucis Abbey. (After J. M. W. Turner, R.A.) | 207 |
| Cernioge. | 227 |
| The Swallow Falls. (From an Old Print) | 247 |
| Llyn Ogwen and Trifaen Mountain. | 255 |
| Penmaenmawr. (After J. M. W. Turner, R.A.) | 275 |
| The Old Landing-Place on the Anglesey Shore. | 283 |
| ILLUSTRATIONS IN TEXT | |
| Vignette: Prince Rupert | Title Page |
| List of Illustrations: The Black Country | vii |
| The Holyhead Road | 1 |
| The “Hen and Chickens,” 1830 | 18 |
| The “Old Royal” | 24 |
| Wednesbury | 37 |
| Old Hill, Tettenhall | 59 |
| The Sabbath-breaking Seamstress | 60 |
| Snedshill Furnaces | 71 |
| Haygate Inn | 76 |
| The Wrekin | 79 |
| The “Old Wall” | 84 |
| Wroxeter Church | 85 |
| Atcham Bridge | 91 |
| Lord Hill’s Monument | 92 |
| The English Bridge | 97 |
| Wyle Cop and the “Lion” | 107 |
| The “Lion” Yard | 132 |
| The Market-Place, Shrewsbury | 138 |
| Shelton Oak | 144 |
| The Breidden Hills | 147 |
| Queen’s Head | 156 |
| Offa’s Dyke | 176 |
| The Ladies of Llangollen. (From an Old Print) | 198 |
| Plas Newydd | 203 |
| Owain Glyndwr’s Mount | 211 |
| Cerrig-y-Druidion | 224 |
| The Waterloo Bridge | 232 |
| The Old Church, Bettws-y-Coed | 234 |
| Sign of the “Royal Oak” | 238 |
| Pont-y-Pair | 245 |
| Cyfyng Falls | 250 |
| Capel Curig | 252 |
| The Falls of Ogwen | 257 |
| Nant Ffrancon. (After David Cox) | 258 |
| Nant Ffrancon | 260 |
| Penrhyn Castle | 263 |
| Lonisaf Toll-House | 264 |
| The Penrhyn Arms | 266 |
| Penrhyn Castle and Snowdonia, from Beaumaris. (After David Cox) | 278 |
| Deserted Stables, Menai Village | 290 |
| The Menai Bridge and the Isle of Benglas | 291 |
| The Anglesey Column | 296 |
| The Britannia Bridge | 299 |
| Near Mona Inn | 303 |
| Llangristiolus | 304 |
| Caer Ceiliog | 306 |
| The South Stack. (After T. Creswick, R.A.) | 323 |
| Holyhead Mountain | 325 |