Chapter III: /The Clwyd and the Dee./--The /Clwyd/: Rhyl--Rhuddlan

Castle--The Elwy--A Welsh Gretna Green--St. Asaph--Denbigh--Ruthin.
The /Dee/: Bala Lake--Corwen--Vale of Llangollen and Valle Crucis
Abbey--Dinas Bran--The Ceiriog--Chirk Castle and Wynnstay--The
Alyn--Eaton Hall--Chester--Flint 223

THE MERSEY.--_By W. S. CAMERON._

A Modern River--Derivations--The Tame, the Goyt, and
the Etherow--Stockport--Northenden--The Irwell and its
Feeders--Manchester and Salford--The Ship Canal--Bridges over the
Irwell--Ordsall--Eccles--Barton--Warburton--Irlam--Warrington--
Latchford--Runcorn and Widnes--The Weaver--Eastham Locks--Liverpool
and its Growth--Its Docks and Quays--Birkenhead and its
Shipbuilding Yards--New Brighton--Perch Rock Lighthouse 242

RIVERS OF LANCASHIRE AND LAKELAND.--_By WILLIAM SENIOR._

A Birthplace of Rivers--The /Ribble/: Ribblehead--
Horton-in-Ribblesdale--Survival of Old Traditions--Hellifield--The
Hodder--Stonyhurst and its College--The Calder--Burnley--Towneley
Hall--Preston--Its Development as a Port. The /Wyre/:
Poulton-le-Fylde. The /Lune/: Kirkby Lonsdale--The Greta and the
Wenning--Hornby Castle--Lancaster--Morecambe Bay--The Journey
from Lancaster to Ulverston in Coaching Days--Shifting Sands.
The /Kent/: Kentmere--Kendal. The Gilpin and the Winster. The
/Rothay/ and the /Brathay/. Grasmere and Wordsworth--Rydal
Water--Ambleside--Windermere. Troutbeck. Esthwaite Water. The
/Leven/: Newby Bridge--The Estuary. The /Crake/: Coniston
Water--Coniston Hall--Brantwood and Mr. Ruskin. The /Duddon/:
Wordsworth's Sonnets. The /Esk/ and the /Irt/: Wastwater. The
/Liza/: Ennerdale Water. The /Ehen/: Egremont Castle. The
/Derwent/: The Vale of St. John's--The Greta and Keswick--The View
from Castlerigg top--Derwentwater 271

RIVERS OF THE SOLWAY FIRTH.--_By FRANCIS WATT._

The Firth--A Swift Tide. The /Eden/: The Eamont--Eden
Hall--Armathwaite--John Skelton--Wetheral and Corby Castle--The
Caldew and the Petteril--Greystoke Castle--Carlisle, its
Romance and History--_Serva Pactum_--"Kinmont Willie" and the
"bauld Buccleuch"--Executions of Jacobites--The Carlisle of
To-day--The Sark--Gretna Green. The /Liddel/--Hermitage Water and
Castle. The /Esk/: The Tarras--Gilnockie Tower--Carlenrig and
Johnnie Armstrong--Young Lochinvar--Kirtle Water and its Tragic
Story. The /Annan/: The Land of the Bruces--Thomas Carlyle.
The /Nith/: Dumfries--Burns's Grave--Robert Bruce and the Red
Cumyn--Drumlanrig and Caerlaverock Castles--The Cairn and its
Associations--The New Abbey Pow and Sweetheart Abbey. The /Dee/:
Douglas Tongueland--Threave Castle. The /Cree/: Newton Stewart--The
"Cruives of Cree." The /Bladenoch/: The Wigtown Martyrs 301

RIVERS OF AYRSHIRE.--_By JOHN GEDDIE._

Poetic Associations--Headstreams of the Ayrshire Rivers--"The Land
of Burns"--The Ayr and the Doon--Sorn--Catrine--Ballochmyle--
Mossgiel--Mauchline--Barskimming--Coilsfield House and the Fail
Water--The Coyl--Auchencruive--Craigie--Ayr--The Doon 328

THE CLYDE.--_By JOHN GEDDIE._

Clydesdale and its Waters--"The Hill of Fire"--Douglasdale--"Castle
Dangerous"--Bonnington Linn--Corra Linn and "Wallace's
Tower"--Lanark--The Mouse Water--Stonebyres Linn--The Nethan
and "Tillietudlem"--"The Orchard of Scotland"--Hamilton and its
Palace--Cadzow Castle and its Associations--Bothwell Brig and
Castle--Blantyre--Cambuslang--Rutherglen--Glasgow--The City and
its History--The Quays, Docks, and Shipbuilding Yards--The Work
of the Clyde Navigation Trust--Govan and Partick--The White
Cart--Dumbarton Rock and Castle--The Leven Valley--Ben and Loch
Lomond--Greenock--Gourock--The Firth at Eventide 342

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS.

/Cader Idris, from the Dolgelley Road/ _Frontispiece._

_THE SOUTHERN CHALK STREAMS_:--

PAGES

Distant View of Canterbury--Rivers of Kent and Sussex(_Map_)
--Arundel Castle--Sandwich: The Old Bridge and Barbican--General
View of Winchester--St. Catherine's Hill--Winchester Cathedral--
Southampton Docks--The Royal Pier, Southampton--Southampton
from the Water--Romsey Abbey--Christchurch Abbey--Rivers
of Hants and Dorset (_Map_)--A New Forest Stream--The Avon
at Amesbury--Salisbury Cathedral--The Frome at Frampton
Court--Dorchester from the Frome--Poole Harbour--Wimborne Minster
1-24

_RIVERS OF DEVON_:--

Bideford Bridge--Rivers of Devon (_Map_)--The Wear Water--
Exeter--Exmouth, from the Beacon--Watersmeet--Lynmouth and
Lynton--"Clam" Bridge over the Wallabrook--Fingle Bridge--
Teignmouth--New Bridge--Buckfastleigh--Staverton--The Island,
Totnes--Totnes--Dittisham--Mouth of the Dart--Barnstaple, from the
South Walk--The Torridge near Torrington--The Plym from Cadaford
Bridge--In Bickleigh Vale--Plympton Earl--The Hoe, Plymouth 25-53

_RIVERS OF CORNWALL_:--

Danescombe--Rivers of Cornwall (_Map_)--Tavistock New
Bridge--Morwell Rocks--Cargreen--The Hamoaze, from Saltash--The Fal
from Tolverne--Falmouth Harbour--Falmouth, from Flushing 54-66

_THE PARRET AND THE LOWER AVON_:--

The Isle of Athelney--The Parret and the Lower Avon (_Map_)
--Taunton Church--Malmesbury Abbey--The Avon near Tetbury--
Bradford-on-Avon Church, from the North-East--The Avon at Bath--
View from North Parade Bridge, Bath--View from the old City Bridge,
Bath--Bristol, from the Site of the old Drawbridge across the
Harbour--Clifton Suspension Bridge 67-81

_THE SEVERN_:--

CHAPTER I.--/From the Source to Tewkesbury./--Source of the
Severn, Plinlimmon--The Severn, from the Source to Tewkesbury
(_Map_)--Valley of the Severn, from Plinlimmon--The First House
on the Severn, Blaenhafren--Moel-y-Golfa and Breidden, from
Welshpool--The Vyrnwy Embankment, before the flooding of the
Valley--A Quiet Nook on the Vyrnwy--The Boat-house Ferry, between
Welsh and English Bridges--Shrewsbury Castle--Quarry Walk,
Shrewsbury--English Bridge, Shrewsbury--Buildwas Abbey--The Severn
from Benthall Edge--Ironbridge--The Severn in Wyre Forest--Near
Shrawley--Old Houses at Bewdley--Worcester Cathedral, from the
Severn--Ludlow--The Severn at Tewkesbury 82-106

CHAPTER II.--/The Upper or Warwickshire Avon./--The Avon near
Rugby--The Warwickshire Avon (_Map_)--Warwick Castle--The Avon from
Warwick Castle--Stratford-on-Avon Church--Shakespeare's House--The
Avon at Stratford--Evesham--The Avon at Tewkesbury 107-118