PART I

A VIEW OF ENGLAND

PAGE I. THE SPIRIT OF GARDENS 3

II. THE GARDEN OF ENGLAND: THE PATCHWORK QUILT 10

III. A COUNTRY LANE: A MEMORY FROM ABROAD 18

IV. FIELDS 23

V. EPISODE OF THE CONTENTED TAILOR 27

VI. THE BLUEBELL WOOD AND THE CALM STONE DOG 35

VII. THE TAILOR’S SISTER’S TOMBSTONE 42

VIII. THE COTTAGE GARDEN 54

IX. A FEAST OF WILD STRAWBERRIES 64

X. THE PRAISES OF A COUNTRY LIFE 71