Transcriber's Note:
The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.
BEAUTIFUL WALES
AGENTS IN AMERICA
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
64 & 66 Fifth Avenue, New York
THE STACK, HOLYHEAD
BEAUTIFUL WALES
PAINTED BY ROBERT
FOWLER · R·I · DESCRIBED
BY EDWARD THOMAS
WITH A NOTE ON MR.
FOWLER'S LANDSCAPES
BY ALEX. J. FINBERG
PUBLISHED BY A. & C.
BLACK · LONDON · MCMV
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PREFACE
A few of my jests, impressions of scenery, andportraits in this book have already been printed inThe Daily Chronicle, The World, The Week's Survey,The Outlook, and The Illustrated London News.I have only to add that the line of verse on p. 34is by Mr. Ernest Rhys; the lines on p. 71 are byMr. T. Sturge Moore; and those on pp. 130 and178 by Mr. Gordon Bottomley: and to confess,chiefly for the benefit of the solemn reviewer,that I know nothing of the Welsh language.
EDWARD THOMAS.
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CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
|---|---|
| CHAPTER I | |
| Preliminary Remarks on Men, Authors, and Things in Wales | 1 |
| CHAPTER II | |
| Entering Wales | 28 |
| CHAPTER III | |
| A Farmhouse under a Mountain, a Fire, and some Firesiders | 41 |
| CHAPTER IV | |
| Two Ministers, a Bard, a Schoolmaster, an Innkeeper, and Others | 55 | ...