THE PORTSMOUTH ROAD
WORKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR.
ENGLISH PEN ARTISTS OF TO-DAY: Examples of their work, with someCriticisms and Appreciations. Super royal 4to, £3 3s. net.
THE BRIGHTON ROAD: Old Times and New on a Classic Highway. With 95Illustrations by the Author and from old prints. Demy 8vo, 16s.
FROM PADDINGTON TO PENZANCE: The Record of a Summer Tramp. With 105Illustrations by the Author. Demy 8vo, 16s.
A PRACTICAL HANDBOOK OF DRAWING FOR MODERN METHODS OF REPRODUCTION.Illustrated by the Author and others. Demy 8vo, 7s. 6d.
THE MARCHES OF WALES: Notes and Impressions on the Welsh Borders, from theSevern Sea to the Sands o’ Dee. With 115 Illustrations by the Author andfrom old-time portraits. Demy 8vo, 16s.
REVOLTED WOMAN: Past, Present, and to Come. Illustrated by the Author andfrom old-time portraits. Demy 8vo, 5s. net.
THE DOVER ROAD: Annals of an Ancient Turnpike. With 100 Illustrations bythe Author and from other sources. Demy 8vo. [In the Press.
From a painting by George Morland.
| “Till, woe is me, so lubberly, The vermin came and pressed me.” |
THE PORTSMOUTH
ROAD AND ITS TRIBUTARIES:
TO-DAY AND IN DAYS OF OLD.
By CHARLES G. HARPER,
AUTHOR OF
The Brighton Road,
Marches of Wales,
Drawing for Reproduction,
&c., &c., &c.
Illustrated by the Author, and from Old-time Prints and
Pictures.
London: CHAPMAN & HALL Limited
1895
(All Rights Reserved.)
Richard Clay & Sons, Limited,
London & Bungay.
To HENRY REICHARDT, Esq.
My dear Reichardt,
Here is the result of two years’ hard work for your perusal; the outcomeof delving amid musty, dusty files of by-gone newspapers; of researchamong forgotten books, and pamphlets curious and controversial; of countryjaunts along this old road both for pleasures sake and for taking thenotes and sketches that go towards making up the story of this oldhighway.
You will appreciate, more than most, the difficulties of contriving awell-ordered narrative of times so clean forgotten as those of old-roadtravel, and better still will you perceive the largeness of the task oftransmuting the notes and sketches of this undertaking into paper andprint. Hence this dedication.
Yours, &c.,
CHARLES G. HARPER.
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