Chapter I: Front Matter

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OLD COUNTRY LIFE.

_BY THE SAME AUTHOR._

=HISTORIC ODDITIES AND STRANGE EVENTS.=
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3 vols., crown 8vo. [_Now ready._

=SONGS OF THE WEST=; Ballads and Songs of the Peasantry of
Devon and Cornwall, with their Traditional Melodies, by REV.
S. BARING GOULD, M.A., and REV. H. FLEETWOOD SHEPPARD, M.A.,
arranged for voice and pianoforte. Parts I. and II., 3s. each,
_net_. Parts III. and IV. _in-preparation._

=STRANGE SURVIVALS AND POPULAR SUPERSTITIONS.=
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=YORKSHIRE ODDITIES.=
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OLD COUNTRY LIFE.

BY
S. BARING GOULD, M.A.,

AUTHOR OF
"MEHALAH," "JOHN HERRING," ETC.

_WITH ILLUSTRATIONS_
BY W. PARKINSON, F. D. BEDFORD, AND F. MASEY.

LONDON:
METHUEN AND CO., 18, BURY STREET, W.C.

PHILADELPHIA: J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY.

1890.

[_The right of reproduction is reserved._]

RICHARD CLAY & SONS, LIMITED,
LONDON & BUNGAY.

CONTENTS.

CHAP. PAGE

I. Old County Families 1

II. The Last Squire 28

III. Country Houses 53

IV. The Old Garden 93

V. The Country Parson 116

VI. The Hunting Parson 146

VII. Country Dances 174

VIII. Old Roads 198

IX. Family Portraits 219

X. The Village Musician 239

XI. The Village Bard 259

XII. Old Servants 284

XIII. The Hunt 315

XIV. The County Town 334

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

Head and tail pieces to each chapter by F. D. Bedford.

PAGE

Country Dance--_Frontispiece_ _W. Parkinson_

Old Dames with their Factotum Butler " " 5

Sydenham House, Devon _F. Masey_ 7

Wortham--An Empty Shell " " 24

Grimstone " " 29

Madame Grym _W. Parkinson_ 33

Gryms, A Group of _From painting_ 36

Courtyard, Little Hempston _F. Masey_ 57

House at Little Hempston " " 58

Willsworthy _F. B. Bond_ 59

" " Plan " " 60

Kew Palace _F. Masey_ 63

Tonacombe, North Cornwall " " 68

A Parlour Fireplace _F. B. Bond_ 73

Garden from Tapestry " " 98

Flaxley, from a print of 1714 _F. D. Bedford_ 100

A Town House Garden Front, Launceston _F. Masey_ 107

Old Country Parsonage, Bratton-Clovelly _F. D. Bedford_ 121

" " Parson in Cassock _W. Parkinson_ 133

Parson Chowne and Sally's Young Man " " 164

Hippoclides before Clisthenes " " 175

Minuet being Danced _W. Parkinson_ 196

Packman's Way _F. D. Bedford_ 204

By the Road-side " " 207

An Old Travelling Carriage _F. Masey_ 214

Sir Edward, a.d. 1668 _J. D. Cooper_ 227

N. a.d. 1888 " " 227

Lady Northcote _F. D. Bedford_ 232

Lady Young " " 232

Old Church Orchestra _W. Parkinson_ 243

James Olver _From photo_ 257

John Helmore _F. D. Bedford_ 278

Richard Hard " " 279

The Old Butler _W. Parkinson_ 285

The Hunt Passing " " 316

South Gate, Launceston _F. Masey_ 335

Cottages at Woking " " 339

London Inn, Launceston " " 343

Dockacre, " " " " 349

House at Launceston " " 353

Old Cart, Slate Quarry, Lew Trenchard _F. D. Bedford_ 358

OLD COUNTRY LIFE.