by J. EWING RITCHIE (‘christopher crayon’), author of ‘crying for the light,’ ‘east anglia,’ etc., etc.
‘Ye glittering towns with wealth and splendour crown’d; Ye fields where summer spreads profusion round; Ye lakes whose vessels catch the busy gale; Ye bending swains that dress the flowery vale; For me your tributary stores combine; Creation’s heir, the world—the world is mine.’
with thirty-one illustrations
london: T. FISHER UNWIN, paternoster square. NEW YORK: G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS. 1897.
To F. W. WARMINGTON, Esq., to whose practical philanthropy many of the young people of both sexes are indebted for happy holiday-times, this book is respectfully dedicated by THE AUTHOR
