Category: Travel Writing
I. IN LONDON TOWN--I. II. IN LONDON TOWN--II. III. IN LONDON TOWN--III. IV. OLD FATHER THAMES--I. V. OLD FATHER THAMES--II. VI. IN A CATHEDRAL CITY VII. THROUGH WESSEX--I. VIII. THROUGH WESSEX--II. IX. THROUGH WESSEX--III. X. ROUND THE TORS XI. THE LAND OF SAINTS XII. IN SHAKE...
I. IN LONDON TOWN--I. II. IN LONDON TOWN--II. III. IN LONDON TOWN--III. IV. OLD FATHER THAMES--I. V. OLD FATHER THAMES--II. VI. IN A CATHEDRAL CITY VII. THROUGH WESSEX--I. VIII....
2. Part 2The chief boat-races at Oxford are rowed in the middle of the summer term--the May Eights. Then the colleges struggle with each other for the honour of being "Head of the River,...
3. Part 3All through the long French wars the Wessex ports were in the thick of the fray, fitting out privateers and supplying men for the Navy. Along these coasts the press-gangs were v...
4. Part 4The old saints were much loved by the people, for they were always using their influence with the chiefs and great men on the side of mercy and kindness towards the poor and hel...
5. Part 5It is nearly 300 years since a beginning was made of draining the Fens. Before that time the whole country was one great marsh, through which slow-moving streams crept to the se...
6. Part 6But to reach the magician was no easy thing. His cave was guarded by a ring of wild wolves, who watched their master. Further, the wizard had the power to make himself invisible...