English Hours (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1905. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... its date, and it is obvious that the impressions and observations they for the most part embody had sprung from an early stage of acquaintance with their general subject-matter. They represent a good many wonderments and judgments and emotions, whether felicities or mistakes, the fine freshness of which the author has -- to his misfortune, no doubt -- sufficiently outlived. But they may perhaps on that very account present something of a curious interest. I may add that I have again attentively looked them over, with a view to any possible amendment of their form or enhancement of their meaning, and that I have nowhere scrupled to rewrite a sentence or a passage on judging it susceptible of a better turn. 1905. H. J. The Terrace, Richmond 42 North Door of the Abbey Si The Abbey, from Victoria Street 54 Eaton Hall 61 Chester High Street 64 The Rows, Chester 68 Chester Cathedral, West Front 72 Shrewsbury 76 Haddon Hall 77 Lichfield Cathedral 80 The Three Spires of Lichfield 82 Warwick Castle 88 Haddon Hall, from the Road 91 Lynmouth 93 A Devonshire Lane 94 The Norman Towers of Exeter 98 Porlock Church, Exmoor 105 The West Front, Wells 107 The Market-Place, Wells 112 Salisbury Cathedral ir6 Stonehenge 118 Glastonbury 120 The Abbey and Victoria Tower, from St. James's Park 121 Dark Mysterious London. Near Queen Anne's Gate, Westminster 126 In St. James's Park 130 Baker Street 134 Canterbury, from the Meadows 140 Rochester Castle 144 The Cathedral Close, Canterbury 148 The Nave, Canterbury 150 The Great Tower, Canterbury 152 Greenwich Observatory 153 Piccadilly, near Devonshire House 156 The Ship, Greenwich 162 Kensington Gardens 166 Greenwich Park 173 Epsom Heath, Derby Day 175 The Start for the Derby 180 The Finish of the D...