VISITS TO REMARKABLE PLACES;
Old halls, Battle-fields,
AND SCENES ILLUSTRATIVE OF STRIKING PASSAGES
IN ENGLISH HISTORY AND POETRY.

With Forty Illustrations by S. Williams, price One Guinea.

CONTENTS.

I.—Visit to Penshurst in Kent; the Ancient Seat of the Sidneys. II.—Visit to the Field of Culloden. III.—Visit to Stratford-on-Avon; and the Haunts of Shakspeare—Charlecote Hall—Clopton Hall, etc. IV.—Visit to Combe Abbey, Warwickshire, as connected with Elizabeth of Bohemia, and the Gunpowder Plot. V.—Visit to Lindisfarne, Flodden Field, and the Scenery of Marmion. VI.—Visit to Bolton Priory, and Scenes of the White Doe of Rylston. VII.—Visit to Hampton Court. VIII.—Visits to Compton-Winyates, Warwickshire, a solitary old Seat of the Marquis of Northampton. IX.—A Day-Dream at Tintagel. X.—Visit to Staffa and Iona. XI.-Visit to Edge-Hill. XII.—Visit to the Great Jesuits’ College at Stonyhurst, in Lancashire. XIII.—Visit to the Ancient City of Winchester. XIV.—Visit to Wotton Hall, Staffordshire—Alfieri and Rousseau in England—Traditions of Rousseau at Wotton. XV.—Sacrament Sunday Kilmorac in the Highlands.

“Written with the enthusiasm of a poet and the knowledge of an antiquary.”—Monthly Chronicle.

THE BOY’S COUNTRY BOOK;
BEING THE REAL LIFE OF A COUNTRY BOY,
WRITTEN BY HIMSELF;
EXHIBITING ALL
THE AMUSEMENTS, PLEASURES, AND PURSUITS OF CHILDREN
IN THE COUNTRY.

1 vol. fcap. 8vo., with about 40 Woodcuts by S. Williams, 8s. cloth lettered.

CONTENTS.

I.—Sketch of his Life. II.—Peter Scroggins the Pony, and the Coal Pits. III.—Journey into the Peak—Peak Scenery and Mines. IV.—Village Trades, and Companions. V.—Spring and Summer Pleasures.—Birds, Gardening, etc. VI.—Summer, Autumn, and Winter Pleasures.—Bathing, Angling, Haymaking; Nutting, Acorn-gathering, Crab and Apple-gathering; Woodmen, Charcoal-burners, and Wood Scenery; Amusements in Frost and Snow. VII.—Domestic Animals, and their Treatment; Horsemanship; Rabbit-keeping; Pigeons; Dogs, and their Exploits. VIII.—Juvenile Mechanics. IX.—Occupations of the Children of the Poor. X.—Days at my Grandfather’s. XI.—Fireside Amusements and Stories. XII.—Fireside Tales—Seeking a Fortune, etc. XIII.—Fireside Amusements, and Village Stories. XIV.—Philosophical Experiments and Sleight-of-hand Feats. XV.—School Days. XVI.—School Days continued—Ackworth Scenes and Characters. XVII.—A Summer-day’s Adventure of Three School Boys. XVIII.—School Adventures at Tamworth. XIX.—Further Scenes and Events at Tamworth. XX.—Rent-Night Suppers and Cousin John’s Stories. XXI.—Conclusion; and Recollections of Early Life.

“One of the most fascinating fictions, for young or old, that has ever graced our literature.”—Monthly Chronicle.

COLONIZATION AND CHRISTIANITY;
A POPULAR HISTORY OF THE TREATMENT OF THE NATIVES,
IN ALL THEIR COLONIES, BY THE EUROPEANS.

1 vol. post 8vo, 10s. 6d. cloth lettered.

“We have no hesitation in pronouncing this the most important and valuable work that Mr. Howitt has produced.”—Tait’s Magazine.

Preparing for Publication, in one Volume, 8vo.

THE BALLAD POETRY OF MRS. HOWITT.

To be beautifully Embellished by Wood Engravings from Original Designs.