: England Picturesque and Descriptive: A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel by Cook Joel - England Description and travel

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Liverpool--Birkenhead--Knowsley Hall--Chester--Cheshire--Eaton Hall--Hawarden Castle--Bidston--Congleton--Beeston Castle--The river Dee--Llangollen--Valle-Crucis Abbey--Dinas Bran--Wynnstay--Pont Cysylltau--Chirk Castle--Bangor-ys-Coed--Holt--Wrexham--The Sands o' Dee--North Wales--Flint Castle--Rhuddlan Castle--Mold--Denbigh--St. Asaph--Holywell--Powys Castle--The Menai Strait--Anglesea--Beaumaris Castle--Bangor--Penrhyn Castle--Plas Newydd--Caernarvon Castle--Ancient Segontium--Conway Castle--Bettws-y-Coed--Mount Snowdon--Port Madoc--Coast of Merioneth--Barmouth--St. Patrick's Causeway--Mawddach Vale--Cader Idris--Dolgelly--Bala Lake--Aberystwith--Harlech Castle--Holyhead 17

The Peak of Derbyshire--Castleton--Bess of Hardwicke--Hardwicke Hall--Bolsover Castle--The Wye and the Derwent--Buxton--Bakewell--Haddon Hall--The King of the Peak--Dorothy Vernon--Rowsley--The Peacock Inn--Chatsworth--The Victoria Regia--Matlock--Dovedale--Beauchief Abbey--Stafford Castle--Trentham Hall--Tamworth--Tutbury Castle--Chartley Castle--Alton Towers--Shrewsbury Castle--Bridgenorth--Wenlock Abbey--Ludlow Castle--The Feathers Inn--Lichfield Cathedral--Dr. Samuel Johnson--Coventry--Lady Godiva and Peeping Tom--Belvoir Castle--Charnwood Forest--Groby and Bradgate--Elizabeth Widvile and Lady Jane Grey--Ulverscroft Priory--Grace Dien Abbey--Ashby de la Zouche--Langley Priory--Leicester Abbey and Castle--Bosworth Field--Edgehill--Naseby--The Land of Shakespeare--Stratford-on-Avon--Warwick--Kenilworth--Birmingham --Boulton and Watt--Fotheringhay Castle--Holmby House--Bedford Castle --John Bunyan--Woburn Abbey and the Russells--Stowe--Whaddon Hall --Great Hampden--Creslow House 70

The Thames Head--Cotswold Hills--Seven Springs--Cirencester--Cheltenham--Sudeley Castle--Chavenage--Shifford--Lechlade--Stanton Harcourt--Cumnor Hall--Fair Rosamond--Godstow Nunnery--Oxford--Oxford Colleges--Christ Church--Corpus Christi--Merton--Oriel--All Souls--University--Queen's--Magdalen--Brasenose--New College--Radcliffe Library--Bodleian Library--Lincoln--Exeter--Wadham--Keble--Trinity--Balliol--St. John's--Pembroke--Oxford Churches--Oxford Castle--Carfax Conduit--Banbury--Broughton Castle--Woodstock--Marlborough--Blenheim--Minster Lovel--Bicester--Eynsham--Abingdon--Radley--Bacon, Rich, and Holt--Clifton-Hampden--Caversham--Reading--Maidenhead--Bisham Abbey--Vicar of Bray--Eton College--Windsor Castle--Magna Charta Island--Cowey Stakes--Ditton--Twickenham--London--Fire Monument--St. Paul's Cathedral--Westminster Abbey--The Tower--Lollards and Lambeth--Bow Church--St. Bride's--Whitehall--Horse Guards--St. James Palace--Buckingham Palace--Kensington Palace--Houses of Parliament--Hyde Park--Marble Arch--Albert Memorial--South Kensington Museum--Royal Exchange--Bank of England--Mansion House--Inns of Court--British Museum--Some London Scenes--The Underground Railway--Holland House--Greenwich--Tilbury Fort--The Thames Mouth 137

Harrow--St. Albans--Verulam--Hatfield House--Lord Burleigh--Cassiobury--Knebworth--Great Bed of Ware--The River Cam--Audley End--Saffron Walden--Newport--Nell Gwynne--Littlebury--Winstanley--Harwich--Cambridge--Trinity and St. John's Colleges--Caius College--Trinity Hall--The Senate House--University Library--Clare College--Great St. Mary's Church--King's College--Corpus Christi College--St. Catharine's College--Queens' College--The Pitt Press--Pembroke College--Peterhouse--Fitzwilliam Museum--Hobson's Conduit--Downing College--Emmanuel College--Christ's College--Sidney-Sussex College--The Round Church--Magdalene College--Jesus College--Trumpington--The Fenland--Bury St. Edmunds--Hengrave Hall--Ely--Peterborough--Crowland Abbey--Guthlac--Norwich Castle and Cathedral--Stamford--Burghley House--George Inn--Grantham--Lincoln--Nottingham--Southwell--Sherwood Forest--Robin Hood--The Dukeries--Thoresby Hall--Clumber Park--Welbeck Abbey--Newstead Abbey--Newark--Hull--Wilberforce--Beverley--Sheffield--Wakefield--Leeds --Bolton Abbey--The Strid--Ripon Cathedral--Fountains Abbey--Studley Royal--Fountains Hall--York--Eboracum--York Minster--Clifford's Tower--Castle Howard--Kirkham Priory--Flamborough Head--Scarborough--Whitby Abbey--Durham Cathedral and Castle--St. Cuthbert--The Venerable Bede--Battle of Neville's Cross--Chester-le-Street--Lumley Castle--Newcastle-upon-Tyne--Hexham--Alnwick Castle--Hotspur and the Percies--St. Michael's Church--Hulne Priory--Ford Castle--Flodden Field--The Tweed--Berwick--Holy Isle--Lindisfarne--Bamborough--Grace Darling 224

Virginia Water--Sunninghill--Ascot--Wokingham--Bearwood--The London Times--White Horse Hill--Box Tunnel--Salisbury--Salisbury Plain--Old Sarum--Stonehenge--Amesbury--Wilton House--The Earls of Pembroke--Carpet-making--Bath--William Beckford--Fonthill--Bristol--William Canynge--Chatterton--Clifton--Brandon Hill--Well--The Mendips--Jocelyn--Beckington--Ralph of Shrewsbury--Thomas Ken--The Cheddar Cliffs--The Wookey Hole--The Black Down--The Isle of Avelon--Glastonbury--Weary-all Hill--Sedgemoor--The Isle of Athelney--Bridgewater--Oldmixon--Monmouth's Rebellion--Weston Zoyland--King Alfred--Sherborne--Sir Walter Raleigh--The Coast of Dorset--Poole--Wareham--Isle of Purbeck--Corfe Castle--The Foreland--Swanage--St. Aldhelm's Head--Weymouth--Portland Isle and Bill--The Channel Islands--Jersey--Corbi?re Promontory--Mount Orgueil--Alderney--Guernsey--Castle Comet--The Southern Coast of Devon--Abbotsbury--Lyme Regis--Axminster--Sidmouth--Exmouth--Exeter--William, Prince of Orange--Exeter Cathedral--Bishop Trelawney--Dawlish--Teignmouth--Hope's Nose--Babbicombe Bay--Anstis Cove--Torbay--Torquay--Brixham--Dartmoor--The River Dart--Totnes--Berry Pomeroy Castle--Dartmouth--The River Plym--The Dewerstone--Plympton Priory--Sir Joshua Reynolds--Catwater Haven--Plymouth--Stonehouse--Devonport--Eddystone Lighthouse--Tavistock Abbey--Buckland Abbey--Lydford Castle--The Northern Coast of Devon--Exmoor--Minehead--Dunster--Dunkery Beacon--Porlock Bay--The River Lyn--Oare--Lorna Doone--Jan Ridd--Lynton--Lynmouth--Castle Rock--The Devil's Cheese-Ring--Combe Martin--Ilfracombe--Norte Point--Morthoe--Barnstable--Bideford--Clovelly--Lundy Island--Cornwall--Tintagel--Launceston--Liskeard--Fowey--Lizard Peninsula--Falmouth--Pendennis Castle--Helston--Mullyon Cove--Smuggling--Kynance Cove--The Post-Office--Old Lizard Head--Polpeor--St. Michael's Mount--Penzance--Pilchard Fishery--Penwith--Land's End 384

The Surrey Side--The Chalk Downs--Guildford--The Hog's Back--Albury Down--Archbishop Abbot--St. Catharine's Chapel--St. Martha's Chapel--Albury Park--John Evelyn--Henry Drummond--Aldershot Camp--Leith Hill--Redland's Wood--Holmwood Park--Dorking--Weller and the Marquis of Granby Inn--Deepdene--Betchworth Castle--The River Mole--Boxhill--The Fox and Hounds--The Denbies--Ranmore Common--Battle of Dorking--Wotton Church--Epsom--Reigate--Pierrepoint House--Longfield--The Weald of Kent--Goudhurst--Bedgebury Park--Kilndown--Cranbrook--Bloody Baker's Prison--Sissinghurst--Bayham Abbey--Tunbridge Castle--Tunbridge Wells--Penshurst--Sir Philip Sidney--Hever Castle--Anne Boleyn--Knole--Leeds Castle--Tenterden Steeple and the Goodwin Sands--Rochester--Gad's Hill--Chatham--Canterbury Cathedral--St. Thomas ? Becket--Falstaff Inn--Isle of Thanet--Ramsgate--Margate--North Foreland--The Cinque Ports--Sandwich--Rutupiae--Ebbsfleet--Goodwin Sands--Walmer Castle--South Foreland--Dover--Shakespeare's Cliff--Folkestone--Hythe--Romney--Dungeness--Rye--Winchelsea--Hastings --Pevensey--Hailsham--Hurstmonceux Castle--Beachy Head--Brighton--The Aquarium--The South Downs--Dichling Beacon--Newhaven--Steyning--Wiston Manor--Chanctonbury Ring--Arundel Castle--Chichester--Selsey Bill--Goodwood--Bignor--Midhurst--Cowdray--Dunford House--Selborne--Gilbert White; his book; his house, sun-dial, and church--Greatham Church--Winchester--The New Forest--Lyndhurst--Minstead Manor--Castle Malwood--Death of William Rufus--Rufus's Stone--Beaulieu Abbey--Brockenhurst--Ringwood--Lydington--Christchurch--Southampton --Netley Abbey--Calshot Castle--The Solent--Portsea Island--Portsmouth--Gosport--Spithead--The Isle of Wight--High Down--Alum Bay--Yarmouth--Cowes--Osborne House--Ryde--Bratling--Sandown--Shanklin Chine--Bonchurch--The Undercliff--Ventnor--Niton--St. Lawrence Church--St. Catharine's Down--Blackgang Chine--Carisbrooke Castle--Newport--Freshwater--Brixton--The Needles 463

ENGLAND, PICTURESQUE AND DESCRIPTIVE.

LIVERPOOL WESTWARD TO THE WELSH COAST.

Liverpool--Birkenhead--Knowsley Hall--Chester--Cheshire--Eaton Hall--Hawarden Castle--Bidston--Congleton--Beeston Castle--The river Dee--Llangollen--Valle-Crucis Abbey--Dinas Bran--Wynnstay--Pont Cysylltau--Chirk Castle--Bangor-ys-Coed--Holt--Wrexham--The Sands o' Dee--North Wales--Flint Castle--Rhuddlan Castle--Mold--Denbigh--St. Asaph--Holywell--Powys Castle--The Menai Strait--Anglesea--Beaumaris Castle--Bangor--Penrhyn Castle--Plas Newydd--Caernarvon Castle--Ancient Segontium--Conway Castle--Bettws-y-Coed--Mount Snowdon--Port Madoc--Coast of Merioneth--Barmouth--St. Patrick's Causeway--Mawddach Vale--Cader Idris--Dolgelly--Bala Lake--Aberystwith--Harlech Castle--Holyhead.

LIVERPOOL.

The American transatlantic tourist, after a week or more spent upon the ocean, is usually glad to again see the land. After skirting the bold Irish coast, and peeping into the pretty cove of Cork, with Queenstown in the background, and passing the rocky headlands of Wales, the steamer that brings him from America carefully enters the Mersey River. The shores are low but picturesque as the tourist moves along the estuary between the coasts of Lancashire and Cheshire, and passes the great beacon standing up solitary and alone amid the waste of waters, the Perch Rock Light off New Brighton on the Cheshire side. Thus he comes to the world's greatest seaport--Liverpool--and the steamer finally drops her anchor between the miles of docks that front the two cities, Liverpool on the left and Birkenhead on the right. Forests of masts loom up behind the great dock-walls, stretching far away on either bank, while a fleet of arriving or departing steamers is anchored in a long line in mid-channel. Odd-looking, low, black tugs, pouring out thick smoke from double funnels, move over the water, and one of them takes the passengers alongside the capacious structure a half mile long, built on pontoons, so it can rise and fall with the tides, and known as the Prince's Landing-Stage, where the customs officers perform their brief formalities and quickly let the visitor go ashore over the fine floating bridge into the city.

At Liverpool most American travellers begin their view of England. It is the great city of ships and sailors and all that appertains to the sea, and its 550,000 population are mainly employed in mercantile life and the myriad trades that serve the ship or deal in its cargo, for fifteen thousand to twenty thousand of the largest vessels of modern commerce will enter the Liverpool docks in a year, and its merchants own 7,000,000 tonnage. Fronting these docks on the Liverpool side of the Mersey is the great sea-wall, over five miles long, behind which are enclosed 400 acres of water-surface in the various docks, that are bordered by sixteen miles' length of quays. On the Birkenhead side of the river there are ten miles of quays in the docks that extend for over two miles along the bank. These docks, which are made necessary to accommodate the enormous commerce, have cost over ,000,000, and are the crowning glory of Liverpool. They are filled with the ships of all nations, and huge storehouses line the quays, containing products from all parts of the globe, yet chiefly the grain and cotton, provisions, tobacco, and lumber of America. Railways run along the inner border of the docks on a street between them and the town, and along their tracks horses draw the freight-cars, while double-decked passenger-cars also run upon them with broad wheels fitting the rails, yet capable of being run off whenever the driver wishes to get ahead of the slowly-moving freight-cars. Ordinary wagons move upon Strand street alongside, with horses of the largest size drawing them, the huge growth of the Liverpool horses being commensurate with the immense trucks and vans to which these magnificent animals are harnessed.

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