Chapter I: An appreciation: The cause and history of Lakeland 5

” II. Windermere and Ambleside 12

” III. Grasmere and Rydal 19

” IV. Thirlmere, Derwentwater and Bassenthwaite 24

” V. The Buttermere Round 32

” VI. Ullswater, Helvellyn and Kirkstone Pass 39

” VII. Coniston, Wastwater and Furness Abbey 45

List of Illustrations

The Head of Buttermere and High Crags--(_Cover_)
Near Ferry Nab, Windermere--(_Frontispiece_)
The Island, Grasmere
The Old Mill, Ambleside
The Middle Reach of Ullswater--“After Rain”
Windermere from Orrest Head
The Langdale Pikes
Windermere from Furness Fell
Waterhead and the Langdale Pikes, Windermere
Ambleside and Wansfell
Stock Ghyll Force, Ambleside
Grasmere Lake and Village
Grasmere Church
Rydal Water and Nab Scar
Thirlmere and Helvellyn
Keswick and Derwentwater
Derwentwater from Friar’s Crag--“A Rift in the Clouds”
Friar’s Crag, Derwentwater
The Head of Derwentwater
Derwentwater and Skiddaw
Borrowdale and the Bowder Stone
Buttermere and Crummock Lakes
Crummock Water--“Solitude”
“The Devil’s Elbow”
The Head of Ullswater
Ullswater from Silver Point
Stybarrow Crag, Ullswater
Striding Edge, Helvellyn
Kirkstone Pass and Brothers’ Water
Coniston Water and the Old Man
Wastwater--“A Gathering Storm”
An Ascent of the Needle, Great Gable
Furness Abbey

Beautiful Lakeland.