# The Rivers and Streams of England Author: Bradley, A. G. (Arthur Granville), 1850-1943; Palmer, Sutton, 1854-1933 [Illustrator] Genre: Category: Travel Writing Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46742 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Rivers+and+Streams+of+England+Bradley&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary There is surely some peculiar fascination in the birthplace of a famous river when this lies in the heart of moors and mountains. For myself, I admit at once to but scant interest in the infant springs of even such slow running rivers as I have some personal affection for. There is neither mystery, nor solitude, nor privacy about their birth. They come into the world amid much the same surroundings as those in which they spend the greater part of their mature existence--amid ploughed fields, cattle pastures, and villages, farmyards, game covers, and ozier beds. When full they are inevitably muddy, and when empty are very empty indeed; lifeless, and mute at the best, at the worst actually... ## Chapters - [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-rivers-and-streams-of-england-46742/chapters/5/index.md) - [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-rivers-and-streams-of-england-46742/chapters/7/index.md) - [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-rivers-and-streams-of-england-46742/chapters/9/index.md) - [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-rivers-and-streams-of-england-46742/chapters/4/index.md) - [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-rivers-and-streams-of-england-46742/chapters/2/index.md) - [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-rivers-and-streams-of-england-46742/chapters/3/index.md) - [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-rivers-and-streams-of-england-46742/chapters/10/index.md) - [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-rivers-and-streams-of-england-46742/chapters/8/index.md) - [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-rivers-and-streams-of-england-46742/chapters/6/index.md) - [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-rivers-and-streams-of-england-46742/chapters/1/index.md)