Chapter I: Front Matter

JOHN AND BETTY'S HISTORY VISIT

BY

MARGARET WILLIAMSON

_ILLUSTRATED FROM PHOTOGRAPHS_

BOSTON LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.

Published, March, 1910

COPYRIGHT, 1910, BY LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.

_All rights reserved_

JOHN AND BETTY'S HISTORY VISIT

Norwood Press

BERWICK & SMITH CO.

Norwood, Mass.

U. S. A.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. FIRST IMPRESSIONS 9

II. THE FIRST EVENING 15

III. WESTMINSTER ABBEY 20

IV. PENSHURST PLACE: THE HOME OF SIR PHILIP SIDNEY 37

V. THE TOWER OF LONDON 50

VI. ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL AND ITS VICINITY 65

VII. A SUNDAY NIGHT CHAT 83

VIII. WINDSOR CASTLE, STOKE POGES, AND ETON SCHOOL 94

IX. MORE ABOUT LONDON 107

X. RICHMOND AND HAMPTON COURT PALACE 122

XI. STRATFORD-ON-AVON 138

XII. A DAY IN WARWICKSHIRE 161

XIII. WARWICK AND KENILWORTH CASTLES 181

XIV. SHERWOOD FOREST AND HADDON HALL 203

XV. WINCHESTER, SALISBURY, AND STONEHENGE 222

XVI. CLOVELLY 238

XVII. ROCHESTER AND CANTERBURY 251

XVIII. GOOD-BY TO LONDON 273

INDEX 289

ILLUSTRATIONS

THEY SUDDENLY SAW THE TREMENDOUS CATHEDRAL
LOOMING UP BEFORE THEM (_Page 70_) _Frontispiece_

FACING
PAGE

"OH, WHAT'S THIS PLACE? I AM SURE I HAVE SEEN
PICTURES OF IT!" 12

"DO YOU REMEMBER THOSE QUAINT LITTLE VERSES
ABOUT 'BOW BELLS'?" 16

"I ONLY WISH I COULD BE A GUARD AND RIDE A HORSE
LIKE ONE OF THOSE!" 20

"THERE'S THE ABBEY RIGHT AHEAD OF US" 26

"WHAT'S THE USE OF HAVING SO MANY DOORS?" 40

"THIS SEEMS TO SPEAK OF PEACE, HAPPINESS, AND SAFETY" 44

"I WANT TO SEE WHO THOSE FELLOWS IN THE FUNNY
RED UNIFORMS ARE" 50

"THE KING CANNOT PROCEED INTO THE 'CITY' WITHOUT
BEING FIRST RECEIVED AT TEMPLE BAR BY THE
LORD MAYOR" 68

"I'D FEEL LIKE 'LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROY' GOING
AROUND WITH THOSE CLOTHES ON!" 84

"YOU REMEMBER, DON'T YOU, HAVING THE GUIDE POINT
OUT LONDON BRIDGE?" 88

THE MOSS-GROWN SAXON PORCH 96

JOHN MILTON LIVED THERE AFTER HE FLED FROM LONDON 106

"OH, HERE'S THE OLD CORONATION CHAIR, ISN'T IT?" 114

"EVERY TIME I VISIT THIS PALACE I MARVEL AT THE
AMOUNT OF HISTORY WITH WHICH IT IS CONNECTED" 136

"WHY, I DIDN'T SUPPOSE IT WAS AS BIG AS THAT!" 140

"DID ANNE TRULY LIVE HERE?" 164

"THEY KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THEY ARE, AND THAT
THIS GARDEN WOULDN'T BE COMPLETE WITHOUT
THEM" 184

"IT STILL SEEMS ALIVE WITH MEMORIES OF THE FAIR
DOROTHY VERNON" 218

"THERE STILL REMAINS THE QUESTION OF HOW THESE
TREMENDOUS STONES WERE BROUGHT HERE" 236

ONE OF PLASTER AND THATCH, OVERGROWN WITH ROSES 240

"YOU'LL FIND NOTHING AT ALL LIKE THIS STRANGE
LITTLE CLOVELLY" 250

"WILLIAM OF SENS, IN 1184, FINISHED THE BUILDING
WHICH WE NOW SEE" 264

OLD GENTLEMEN, STOUT LADIES, YOUNG PEOPLE, AND
SMALL CHILDREN, ALL RIDE IN ENGLAND 286

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