CONTENTS

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Leaving London—The Spirit of the Silly Season—An Unimportant Residuum—The Direct Road—And the Indirect—To Richmond by Boat 1–5
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Radical Richmond and its Royal Memories—The Poets’ Chorus—The Social Degradation implied by Tea and Shrimps—No Water at Richmond 6–9
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Rural Petersham—The Monuments of Petersham Church—Ham House—Beer, Beauty, and the Peerage—The Earls of Dysart and their Curious Preferment—Village Hampdens and Litigation—Ham and the Cabal—Horace Walpole and his Trumpery Ghosts—Kingston—The Dusty Pother anent Coway Stakes—The Author “drops the Subject”—The King’s Stone—The Reader is referred to the Surrey Archæological Society, and the Tourists pursue their Journey—The Philosophy of the Thames—To Shepperton 9–17
IV.
Windsor and Eton—The Terrific Keate—Persuasions of Sorts—Bray and its Most Admirable Vicar—Taplow Bridge—Boulter’s Lock—Cookham 17–23
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An Indignant Man—Advantages of Indignation and a Furious Manner—Al fresco Meals—Medmenham Abbey—Those unkind Topographers—The Hell Fire Club—From Hambledon to Henley 23–28
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Regatta Island—Its Shoddy Temple—The Preposterous Naiads and River Nymphs of the Eighteenth Century Poets—Those Improper Creatures v. County Councils—A Poignant Individual—Mary Blandy, the Slow Poisoner 28–33
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Picturesque Wargrave—The Loddon River and Patricksbourne—Sonning—A Typical Riverside Inn—Filthy Kennet Side—Reading to Basingstoke 33–35
VIII.
Hampshire Characteristics—White of Selborne as a Vandal—Holy Ghost Chapel 35–38
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A Dreary Road—Micheldever—Hampshire Literary Lights—The Worthies—“Johēs Kent de Redying” 38–41
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Winchester—The City Lamps—The Cathedral—Saint Swithun 41–48
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Wykeham—The Renaissance in the Cathedral—The Puritans—Winchester Castles, Royal and Episcopal—A Graceless Corporation—The Military—Saint Catherine’s Hill 48–55
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A Literary Transfiguration—Wyke—An Unique Brass—The Romance of Lainston—Sparsholt 56–59
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A Rustic Symposium 60–64
XIV.
Camping-out of Necessity—The Tramp en amateur—Soapless Britons—The Livelong Day 64–65
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Restoration at Romsey—Prout justified—An Unsportsmanlike Palmerston 66–68
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The New Forest—The Woodman’s Axe—The coming Social Storm—Lyndhurst—Brockenhurst—Avon Water 68–74
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A Superior Pedestrian—Christchurch—An Enigmatical Epitaph 74–76
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Bournemouth—The Interesting Invalid—Languorous Romances—Bournemouth, the Paradise of the Unbeneficed 76–79
XIX.
Our Encounter with an American 79–81
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By the Sea to North Haven—Studland—Our Coldest Welcome at an Inn—To Swanage 82–83
XXI.
The Isle of Purbeck—Purbeck Marble—Domesticated Swanage—The Rush for Ground-rents 83–86
XXII.
Corfe—Corfe Castle—Those Ubiquitous Roundheads 86–88
XXIII.
Lulworth Castle—The Dorset Coast—Osmington 88–90
XXIV.
Weymouth and George the Third—An Old-time Jubilee—A Gorgeous Individual—Railways and Derivatives—Hotel Snobbery 91–93
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Abbotsbury—The Abbey Ruins—Saint Catherine’s Chapel—Historic Wessex—The Chesil Beach—West Bay, Bridport—A Hilly Country 93–97
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Chideock—One who fared at Dead of Night—Early Rising 97–99
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Charmouth—Concerning Rainy Days by the Sounding Sea—The Devon Borders—A Humorous Wheelman 99–101
XXVIII.
Axminster—The Battle of Brunenburgh—The “Book of Remembrance”—Axminster Carpets 102–104
XXIX.
Drakes of Ashe—Axmouth—The Fearful Joys of the Day-tripper—Seaton 105–107
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Exeter, a Busy City—Richard the Third—A Chivalric Myth—Northernhay—The Cathedral: Black but Comely—St. Mary Steps 108–111
XXXI.
The Suburb of Saint Thomas—Alphington—Exminster 112–116
XXXII.
A Grotesque Saint—The Pious Editor 116–118
XXXIII.
Beside the Exe to Powderham—The Courtenays—The Atmospheric Railway 118–120
XXXIV.
Starcross and its Aspirations—The Warren—Langstone Point—Mount Pleasant—The Limitations of Dawlish 120–124
XXXV.
The Legend of the Parson and Clerk 124–127
XXXVI.
Teignmouth—The Sad Tale of the Market House—Doleful Ratepayers—Teignmouth Harbour—Devon Weather—Society—To Shaldon 127–133
XXXVII.
The (more or less) True Story of an Artist—Labrador Tea-gardens—Peripatetic Organ-grinders—The Author’s Indignation moves him poetically—And he reflects upon Comic Songs 133–137
XXXVIII.
Devon Combes—Maidencombe—Where the Devil died of the Cold—Who was Anstey, of Anstey’s Cove?—“Thomas” of Anstey’s 137–140
XXXIX.
Torquay—Still growing—The Witchery of Tor Bay Scenery—Charter Day—Napoleon on board the “Billy Ruffian” 140–144
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Teutonic Paignton—Thoughts on German Bands—The Present Author loves a Comely Falsehood, but destroys a Lying Tradition—Berry Pomeroy and the Seymours 144–149
XLI.
Totnes—Brutus the Trojan—“Oliver, by the Grace of God”—To Dartmouth 149–153
XLII.
Down the Dart—Nautical Terms 153–154
XLIII.
Dartmouth—Castles of Dartmouth and Kingswear—Fighting the Foreigner—An Unrestored Church—Paternal Government 154–159
XLIV.
Dittisham and the Dart—Tea at Dittisham, and so “Home” 159–162
XLV.
Stoke Fleming—A Country Coach—Slapton Sands—To Kingsbridge 163–165
XLVI.
Kingsbridge—Its one Literary Celebrity—“Peter Pindar” upon his Barn—Kingsbridge Grammar School 165–171
XLVII.
Salcombe River—Voyage to Salcombe—Hotel hunting—Salcombe Shops—The Castle 171–176
XLVIII.
Voyage to Plymouth—The Tourists are Extremely Ill—Land at last—The Hoe and its Memorials—Politics and Patriotism—The Hamoaze—Saltash 176–183
XLIX.
An Old Author on the Characteristics of Cornwall—Saint Budeaux—The Three Towns—Stained Glass extraordinary 184–187
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Antony—Richard Carew: a Seventeenth Century Poet—The Tourists are entreated despitefully, and quarrel 187–190
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Carew’s Epitaph at Antony—Downderry 191–192
LII.
A Lovely Valley, a Moorland Stream, and what befell there 193–195
LIII.
Looe—Stage-like Picturesqueness—Hotel Visitors’ Books 195–201
LIV.
Talland—Humorous Memorials of the Dead—Epitaph on a Smuggler—“John Bevyll of Kyllygath”—A Notable Devil-queller 201–207
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The Road to Polperro—The “Three Pilchards” Inn—Saturday Night at Polperro—John Wesley’s Experiences of that Place 207–213
LVI.
Lanteglos-juxta-Fowey—A Cornish Cross—Polruan—Again the Comic Song!—Fowey—Tourists’ Lumber 214–218
LVII.
Par: a Cornish Seaport 219–220
LVIII.
An Old-time Adventure—Deserted Mining Fields—Saint Austell 220–225
LIX.
By Carrier’s Cart to Mevagissey—John Taylor, the “Water Poet,” on his Adventure there—Exceptional Britons 225–228
LX.
Mevagissey—Gorran Haven—The Inhospitable Hamlet of Saint Michael Caerhayes—In the Dark to Veryan—Hospitality of the Village Inn 228–234
LXI.
Treworlas—Philleigh by the Fal—Truro City—Truro Cathedral 234–239
LXII.
A “Lift” to Redruth—Local Tales—Saint Day—Redruth—The Tourists are taken for “Hactors,” and are sorrowfully obliged to disclaim the Honour 239–242
LXIII.
A Rainy Day—Available Literature of the Hotel—The Cornishman and the Church—Cornish Livings 242–245
LXIV.
Cam Brea—The Disillusionments of Exploration—Pool v. Poole—Dolcoath Mine—Squalid Camborne 246–249
LXV.
The Hamlet of Barrepper—Cornish Names—Marazion 249–252
LXVI.
Alverton—Mount’s Bay—Penzance—German Band-itti—Pellew’s Birthplace—Saint Michael’s Mount, and the Loyal Saint Aubyns—The Newlyn School—Bridges, Potsherds, and Old Boots 252–262
LXVII.
To Land’s End—Saint Buryan—The First and Last House in England 262–268
LXVIII.
Home again 268–269