Stella & Rose's Books

Contents

• SECT. I.
• NONSUCH - Epsom - Banstead Downs - The Oaks - Lord Suffolk's Park
• SECT.II.
• Norbury Park - The Mole - Remarks on Box Wood - Fogs - Barret's Painting - Remarks on the Venus of Medici - Remarks on Statues - Management of the Hair in Antiques - Views in front of Norbury House
• SECT. III.
• Country between Leatherhead and Guildford - Sheepleas - Guildford - Floats of Timber - Country between Guildford and Farnham - Farnham Castle - Remarks on avenues - Crooksbury Hill - Hop Plantations
• SECT.IV.
• Holt-forest - Remarks on Flat Scenery - Country about Winchester - The Cathedral - Remarks on Monuments and ornaments - West Picture of Lazarus - The Kings House
• SECT.V.
• Country between Winchester and Salisbury - Approach to Salisbury - the Cathedral - Remarks on Gothic Architecture - Bishops Palace - Old Sarum
• SECT.VI.
• Longford Castle
• SECT.VII.
• Stonehenge - Different constructions of the same kind - Barrows
• SECT. VIII.
• Wilton - remarks on Palladium bridges - remarks on triumphal arches
• SECT. IX.
• Fonthill - Stourhead - Mr Haore's Grounds - Statue of Hercules - Alfred's Pillar
• SECT. X.
• Maiden Bradleyt - Longleat - Remarks on private houses built in the Gothic style
• SECT. XI.
• Approach to Wells - A beautiful sunset - The Cathedral
• SECT. XII.
• Ruins of Glastonbury Abbey - The Torr - Tragic history of the last Abbot
• SECT. XIII.
• Gothic architecture prevalent in the West of England - View from the heights of Pontic -
• SECT. XIV.
• Admiral Blake - How he might be represented in a picture
• SECT. XV.
• Sir Charles Tint's improvements - Enmore castle compared with an old baronial castle.
• SECT XVI.
• View from Quantock Hills - Grand view of this kind at the siege of Gibraltar - Another from Captain Mearer's Voyage from China into the Northern Latitudes - Minehead - Watchet -Limestone - Dulverton - Tiverton
• SECT. XVII.
• Castle Hill - Grand View over Barnstable Bay and the Vale of Taunton
• SECT. XVIII.
• Approach to Barnstable - Torrington - Oakhampton - Lidford - Distant view of Brentor - Bridge over the Lid - Story of a London River - Natural Bridge near the Allegeny Mountains in Virginia - Falls of Lidford
• SECT. XIX.
• Brentor - Tavistock - Launceston - Werrington - Battle of Stratton
• SECT. XX.
• Country in returning from Bodmin to Lescard - Story of a purchase made of a Tidelake - Plymouth - The Sound
• SECT. XXI.
• Plymouth Dock - Marble Quarry - remarks on different modes of light from fire - a Bonfire - Eruption of Mount Vesuvius
• SECT.XXII.
• Mount Edgecomb
• SECT XXIII.
• Edystone Lighthouse - Rudyard Constructs a second lighthouse - its destruction by fire -story of a lighthouse man
• SECT. XXIV.
• Tamer - St. German's - Saltash - Opening of the Tavey - Pentilly - Limekilns - Story of Mr Tilly - Woods of Coteil
• SECT. XXV.
• Battle of Lexington - Salterham - Ivebridge - Powderham Castle
• SECT. XXVI.
• Exeter - Rugement Castle - View from the wall - The Cathedral
• SECT. XXVII.
• View from Fair mile Hill - Honiton
• SECT. XXVIII.
• Coast road from Plymouth to Honiton - Totnes - Scenery down the Dart - Well a Brixham - Torbay - Views about the mouth of the Sid - Valley of Sid from Honiton
• SECT. XXIX.
• Vale of Honiton - Axminster - Different kinds of carpets
• SECT. XXX.
• Ford Abbey
• SECT. XXXI.
• Country from Axminster to Bridport - Dorchester - Flocks of sheep - Milton abbey
• SECT. XXXII.
• Blandford - Eastbury - Badbury ring - Winborn - Country about Pool - Corfe Castle
• SECT. XXXIII.
• View of he Coast from Lymington to Cowes - Isle of Wight - Newport - Shanklin Chine - Undercliff
• SECT. XXXIV.
• Carisbrooke Castle
• SECT. XXXV.
• Picturesque beauty explained - View of the Isle of Wight - Allum bay - Flights of Seafowl - Shipwrecks
• SECT. XXXVI.
• Separation of the island from the main
• SECT. XXXVII.
• Milbrooke - Southampton - Netley abbey
• SECT. XXXVIII.
• View of Southampton
• APPENDIX