Category: Travel Writing
As all the world is beginning to realize, that portion of the country immortalized by Thomas Hardy, in his great romances of rural life, lies in one of the most delectable regions of south-west England; and although, for the purpose of giving variety to his scenic backgrounds,...
We are now near a portion of the "Tess" locality, for a short distance to the right stands Norris Mill, the "Talbothays" of the novel, while the Frome Valley, in which it is sit...
3. Part 3Preston's sister village of Sutton Poyntz is the "Overcombe" of _The Trumpet-Major_, with its millpond, which Ann Garland surveyed from her chamber window. "Immediately before h...
1. Part 1As all the world is beginning to realize, that portion of the country immortalized by Thomas Hardy, in his great romances of rural life, lies in one of the most delectable regio...
4. Part 4Five miles from Corfe Castle is Swanage, a town that is rapidly coming to the front as a fashionable watering-place. During the summer an excellent steamboat service connects it...