Chapter I: Front Matter

Tennyson's Homes 168

CHAPTER X

Mrs. Allingham and her Contemporaries 181

List of Illustrations

1. Portrait of the Artist _Frontispiece_

CHAPTER I

Owner of Original. Facing page

2. In the Farmhouse Garden _Mrs. Allingham_ 8

3. The Market Cross, Hagbourne _Mrs. E. Lamb_ 10

4. The Robin _Mr. S. H. S. Lofthouse_ 12

CHAPTER II

5. Milton's House, Chalfont _Mrs. J. A. Combe_ 22
St. Giles

6. The Waller Oak, Coleshill _Mrs. Allingham_ 24

7. Apple and Pear Blossom _Mr. Theodore Uzielli_ 26

CHAPTER III

8. The Young Customers _Miss Bell_ 50

9. The Sand-Martins' Haunt _Miss Marian James_ 54

10. The Old Men's Gardens, _Mr. C. Churchill_ 56
Chelsea Hospital

11. The Clothes-Line _Miss Marian James_ 58

12. The Convalescent _Mr. R. S. Budgett_ 60

13. The Goat Carriage _Sir F. Wigan, Bt._ 62

14. The Clothes-Basket _Mr. C. P. Johnson_ 62

15. In the Hayloft _Miss Bell_ 64

16. The Rabbit Hutch _Mr. C. P. Johnson_ 64

17. The Donkey Ride _Sir J. Kitson, Bt., M.P._ 66

CHAPTER IV

18. A Witley Lane _Mr. H. W. Birks_ 74

19. Hindhead from Witley Common _The Lord Chief Justice of 76
England_

20. In Witley Village _Mr. Charles Churchill_ 76

21. Blackdown from Witley Common _Lord Davey_ 78

22. The Fish-Shop, Haslemere _Mr. A. E. Cumberbatch_ 80

CHAPTER V

23. The Children's Tea _Mr. W. Hollins_ 86

24. The Stile _Mr. Alfred Shuttleworth_ 88

25. "Pat-a-Cake" _Sir F. Wigan, Bt._ 90

26. Lessons _Mr. C. P. Johnson_ 90

27. Bubbles _Mr. H. B. Beaumont_ 92

28. On the Sands--Sandown, _Mrs. Francis Black_ 92
Isle of Wight

29. Drying Clothes _Mr. C. P. Johnson_ 94

30. Her Majesty's Post Office _Mr. H. B. Beaumont_ 94

31. The Children's Maypole _Mrs. Dobson_ 96

CHAPTER VI

32. Spring on the Kentish Downs _Mrs. Beddington_ 102

33. Tig Bridge _Mr. E. S. Curwen_ 104

34. Spring in the Oakwood _Mrs. Allingham_ 106

35. The Cuckoo _Mr. A. Hugh Thompson_ 106

36. The Old Yew Tree _Mrs. Allingham_ 108

37. The Hawthorn Valley, Brocket _Lord Mount-Stephen_ 108

38. Ox-eye Daisies, near _Mrs. Allingham_ 110
Westerham, Kent

39. Foxgloves _Mrs. C. A. Barton_ 112

40. Heather on Crockham Hill, Kent _Mrs. Allingham_ 114

41. On the Pilgrims' Way " " 114

42. Night-jar Lane, Witley _Mr. E. S. Curwen_ 116