DORCHESTER FROM THE MEADOWS
THE HEART OF
WESSEX
Described by SIDNEY HEATH
Pictured by E. W. HASLEHUST
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- Oxford
- The English Lakes
- Canterbury
- Shakespeare-Land
- The Thames
- Windsor Castle
- Cambridge
- Norwich and the Broads
- The Heart of Wessex
- The Peak District
- The Cornish Riviera
- Dickens-Land
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| Page | |
| Dorchester from the Meadows | Frontispiece |
| Hangman's Cottage, Dorchester | 8 |
| Puddletown | 14 |
| Bere Regis | 20 |
| Portisham | 26 |
| Weymouth and Portland | 32 |
| Gateway, Poxwell Manor House | 38 |
| Lulworth Cove | 42 |
| Wool House | 46 |
| Wareham | 50 |
| Corfe Castle | 54 |
| Poole Harbour from Studland | 58 |
DORCHESTER AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD
As all the world is beginning to realize, that portion of the countryimmortalized by Thomas Hardy, in his great romances of rural life,lies in one of the most delectable regions of south-west England; andalthough, for the purpose of giving variety to his scenic backgrounds,Mr. Hardy has occasionally gone far beyond the narrow boundaries ofhis home county,
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