CHAPTER I. An appreciation: The cause and history of Lakeland 5

” II. Windermere and Ambleside 12

” III. Grasmere and Rydal 19

” IV. Thirlmere, Derwentwater and Bassenthwaite 24

” V. The Buttermere Round 32

” VI. Ullswater, Helvellyn and Kirkstone Pass 39

” VII. Coniston, Wastwater and Furness Abbey 45

List of Illustrations

The Head of Buttermere and High Crags--(_Cover_) Near Ferry Nab, Windermere--(_Frontispiece_) The Island, Grasmere The Old Mill, Ambleside The Middle Reach of Ullswater--“After Rain” Windermere from Orrest Head The Langdale Pikes Windermere from Furness Fell Waterhead and the Langdale Pikes, Windermere Ambleside and Wansfell Stock Ghyll Force, Ambleside Grasmere Lake and Village Grasmere Church Rydal Water and Nab Scar Thirlmere and Helvellyn Keswick and Derwentwater Derwentwater from Friar’s Crag--“A Rift in the Clouds” Friar’s Crag, Derwentwater The Head of Derwentwater Derwentwater and Skiddaw Borrowdale and the Bowder Stone Buttermere and Crummock Lakes Crummock Water--“Solitude” “The Devil’s Elbow” The Head of Ullswater Ullswater from Silver Point Stybarrow Crag, Ullswater Striding Edge, Helvellyn Kirkstone Pass and Brothers’ Water Coniston Water and the Old Man Wastwater--“A Gathering Storm” An Ascent of the Needle, Great Gable Furness Abbey

Beautiful Lakeland.