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THE END Colston & Coy., Limited, Printers, Edinburgh A LIST OF DENT’S COUNTY GUIDES Edited by GEORGE A. B. DEWAR. IN issuing this series of books the publishers believe that they are making a departure, no less welcome than needful, from the usual lines on which such Handbooks are compiled. What they have endeavoured to do for the historic Towns of Europe in their “MediÆval Town Series,” they now hope to accomplish for the Counties of England, by presenting their unrivalled attractions in such a way as shall no longer make a guide-book a weariness to the flesh. Their object is to produce a series of books at once thoroughly readable and thoroughly efficient as tourist guides. The volumes will be redolent of the fresh open air and the country side. Natural History and Sport in their various branches will be in the hands of experts living in the districts described. The Scenery and History of each interesting spot will be written of by a man of letters who knows and loves his own county. Each volume is divided into three parts. Part I., dealing with the “Story and Scenery” of the county, consists of Itineraries devoted to its characteristic districts; and it is intended that these sections, though independent of each other, may form a connected whole fit to be read through as are the chapters of a book. To make the “Story and Scenery” of the county readable as a whole, it has been necessary to condense into Part III. “A County Gazetteer,” much antiquarian and other information about towns, villages, and churches, together with indispensable directions of a purely practical character about trains, hotels and inns, and the like. Part II. consists of articles on the Natural History and Sport of the county, contributed by writers who have studied these subjects on the spot, together with a chapter specially intended for the use of cyclists. LIST OF VOLUMES Each with numerous Topographical Illustrations, Sectional Plans accompanying the Itineraries, and a County Map. Fcap. 8vo (convenient for the pocket), cloth gilt, tinted edges, 4s. 6d. net per volume. THE LAKE COUNTIES. By W. G. Collingwood, with Special Articles on: Birds, by Mary L. Armitt; Butterflies and Moths, by Canon Crewdson; Flora, by S. L. Petty; Geology, by Prof. E. Hull, LL.D.; Fox-hunting, by Rev. E. M. Reynolds, M.F.H.; Mountaineering, by W. P. Haskett Smith; Yachting, by Arthur Severn; Angling, by A. Severn, Junr.; Shooting, by A. Ruskin Severn; Cycling, by A. W. Rumney. [Spring, 1902. SURREY. By Walter Jerrold, with Special Articles on: Birds, by J. A. Bucknill, M.A.; Flowers, by Edward Step, F.L.S.; Entomology, by Rev. J. Vernon; Geology, by Prof. Edward Hull, LL.D.; Cycling, by Duncan Tovey. AthenÆum.—“He writes with ample knowledge and enthusiasm, and the volume may be recommended as fully maintaining the high reputation which the series has already gained.... Besides Mr. Jerrold’s main narrative, which is strong on the antiquarian and literary side, we have special articles ... which seem excellent.” Field.—“Something more than a guide book, though in that direction it would be hard to beat, for while the author is an enthusiast, and writes very pleasantly, he is far from unmindful of those details which, though they may be commonplace, are very valuable.” NORFOLK. By William A. Dutt, with Special Articles on: Birds, by Rev. R. C. Nightingale; Botany, by H. D. Geldart; Entomology, by Claude Morley, F.E.S.; Geology, by F. W. Harmer, F.G.S.; Shooting and Fishing, by A. J. Rudd; Sea Fishing, by E. A. Croxon; Cycling, by H. Morriss. Academy.—“As near a model guide book as may be; the itineraries are ample and well arranged, the maps good, and he discourses pleasantly by the way of matters interesting to more than the mere tourist.” Daily Chronicle.—“This little volume is so excellent as far as it goes, has been written with so much cheeriness and love for the Eastern county, is such a miracle of cheapness, and so exactly what the tourist in Norfolk needs during his stay, that we can only speak of it with cordial praise and admiration.” HAMPSHIRE WITH THE ISLE OF WIGHT. By George A. B. Dewar, with Special Articles on: Botany, by John Vaughan; Entomology, by G. M. A. Hewett; Birds, by G. B. Corbin; Geology, by Prof. Edward Hull, LL.D.; Fishing and Shooting, by the Editor; Cycling, by W. M. Harman. AthenÆum.—“After a wide and practical experience of guide-books for nearly forty years, we have no hesitation in saying that it is the best of its size (350 pp.) that we have as yet seen. It is a book that the general antiquary or lover of Nature as well as the country resident will delight to have on their shelves.” Times.—“The authors have done their work extremely well, ... an immense amount of information presented in an orderly and attractive form.” County Gentleman.—“At once practical and romantic, useful and ornamental.” PRESS APPRECIATIONS Outlook.—“Many will bless Messrs. Dent for the happy idea embodied in this series.” AthenÆum.—“This seems to us an excellent plan, and should produce a kind of volume decidedly superior to the ordinary run of handbooks.” Daily News.—“There is no reason why a guide-book should not be artistic and literary, as well as an accurate production, but before the issue of ‘Dent’s County Guides,’ we are not aware that anybody ever thought of making it so.” Daily Chronicle.—“We rejoice that the writing of guide-books has come into the hands of men of fine taste, large appreciation, and delicate style, and has for ever escaped from those who, in the past, gave guide-books a reputation for all that was commonplace, banal, and dull. Messrs. Dent are to be much commended.” Scottish Geographical Magazine.—“These guide-books may be said to inaugurate a new departure. Instead of bare statistics, dry details, and unattractive forms of ordinary guide-books, we have here dainty little volumes with interesting letterpress, clear maps, and exquisite woodcuts from original sketches.... No lover of the beautiful could have more delightful companions.” J. M. DENT & Co., Bedford Street, London, W.C. |
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