# Mary Russell Mitford and her surroundings

Author: Hill, Constance, 1844?-1929; Hill, Ellen G. [Illustrator]

Genre: Category: Biographies

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76491

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Mary+Russell+Mitford+and+her+surroundings+Hill&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

In a sunny corner of Hampshire there lies the tiny historic town of Alresford on the gentle slopes of a hill, at whose feet flows the little river Arle which gives its name to the place. “A town so small that but for an ancient market very slenderly attended, nobody would have dreamt of calling it anything but a village.” And yet, oddly enough, in this same place great dignity was united with rustic simplicity, for the living of “Old” Alresford was one of the richest in England, and was held by the Bishop of Exeter in conjunction with his very poor see. The Post Office was formerly installed in a very small room with nothing but a letter-box in the window; still, it had its importance, be...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER XXXIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mary-russell-mitford-and-her-surroundings-76491/chapters/39/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mary-russell-mitford-and-her-surroundings-76491/chapters/34/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mary-russell-mitford-and-her-surroundings-76491/chapters/30/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mary-russell-mitford-and-her-surroundings-76491/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mary-russell-mitford-and-her-surroundings-76491/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mary-russell-mitford-and-her-surroundings-76491/chapters/36/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mary-russell-mitford-and-her-surroundings-76491/chapters/35/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mary-russell-mitford-and-her-surroundings-76491/chapters/33/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mary-russell-mitford-and-her-surroundings-76491/chapters/38/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mary-russell-mitford-and-her-surroundings-76491/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mary-russell-mitford-and-her-surroundings-76491/chapters/32/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mary-russell-mitford-and-her-surroundings-76491/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mary-russell-mitford-and-her-surroundings-76491/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mary-russell-mitford-and-her-surroundings-76491/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mary-russell-mitford-and-her-surroundings-76491/chapters/37/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mary-russell-mitford-and-her-surroundings-76491/chapters/22/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mary-russell-mitford-and-her-surroundings-76491/chapters/23/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mary-russell-mitford-and-her-surroundings-76491/chapters/27/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mary-russell-mitford-and-her-surroundings-76491/chapters/26/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mary-russell-mitford-and-her-surroundings-76491/chapters/24/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mary-russell-mitford-and-her-surroundings-76491/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mary-russell-mitford-and-her-surroundings-76491/chapters/31/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mary-russell-mitford-and-her-surroundings-76491/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mary-russell-mitford-and-her-surroundings-76491/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mary-russell-mitford-and-her-surroundings-76491/chapters/21/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mary-russell-mitford-and-her-surroundings-76491/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mary-russell-mitford-and-her-surroundings-76491/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mary-russell-mitford-and-her-surroundings-76491/chapters/28/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mary-russell-mitford-and-her-surroundings-76491/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mary-russell-mitford-and-her-surroundings-76491/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mary-russell-mitford-and-her-surroundings-76491/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mary-russell-mitford-and-her-surroundings-76491/chapters/25/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mary-russell-mitford-and-her-surroundings-76491/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mary-russell-mitford-and-her-surroundings-76491/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mary-russell-mitford-and-her-surroundings-76491/chapters/29/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mary-russell-mitford-and-her-surroundings-76491/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mary-russell-mitford-and-her-surroundings-76491/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mary-russell-mitford-and-her-surroundings-76491/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mary-russell-mitford-and-her-surroundings-76491/chapters/7/index.md)