Chapter I: Preface

A few of my jests, impressions of scenery, and portraits in this book have already been printed in _The 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. 34 is by Mr. Ernest Rhys; the lines on p. 71 are by Mr. T. Sturge Moore; and those on pp. 130 and 178 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.

CONTENTS

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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

CHAPTER V

WALES MONTH BY MONTH 99