SEVEN ENGLISH CITIES
By W. D. Howells
CONTENTS
A DAY AT DONCASTER AND AN HOUR OUT OF DURHAM
THE MOTHER OF THE AMERICAN ATHENS
ABERYSTWYTH, A WELSH WATERING-PLACE
LLANDUDNO, ANOTHER WELSH WATERING-PLACE
ILLUSTRATIONS
A VIEW OF MONK BAR
ST. GEORGE’S HALL, LIVERPOOL
THE WELLINGTON MONUMENT, LIVERPOOL
THE LIVERPOOL DOCKS
MANCHESTER CATHEDRAL
TOWN HALL, MANCHESTER
THE MANCHESTER SHIP-CANAL
TOWN HALL, SHEFFIELD
YORK MINSTER—THE GRANDEST IN ALL ENGLAND
BOOTHAM BAR AND THE MINSTER
WALMGATE BAR HAS A BARBICAN
ST. MARY’S ABBEY
CLIFFORD’S TOWER
YORK AS SEEN FROM THE RIVER
DURHAM CATHEDRAL—NORTHWEST VIEW
FINCHALE PRIORY
DURHAM CATHEDRAL—ITS MATCHLESS SEAT ON THE BLUFFS OF THE RIVER
THE “STUMP” OF ST. BOTOLPH’S CHURCH AGAINST THE SKY
THE WORTHY ANCESTRESS OF FANEUIL HALL AND QUINCY MARKET-PLACES
THE RIVER AT EVENING
LIFTING ITS TOWER FROM THE BRINK OF THE WITHAM
FISHING-SHIPS AT GREAT GRIMSBY
THE BEACH, ABERYSTWYTH
ABERYSTWYTH FROM CRAIG GLAS ROCKS
LLANDUDNO—THE CITY AND HARBOR
LLANDUDNO FROM GREAT ORME’S NECK
THE GREAT PIER, LLANDUDNO
CONWAY CASTLE
PLAS MAWR
A PRESENTATION AT COURT
THE ENGLISH HOUSEMAID
LEADS A LIFE OF GAYETY ON THE SANDS
A MODEST LIKING FOR LIVERPOOL
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