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Title: The Illustrated Works of Gordon Home: A Linked Index to the Project Gutenberg Editions

Author: Gordon Home

Editor: David Widger

Release date: May 24, 2009 [eBook #28959]
Most recently updated: November 12, 2023

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INDEX OF THE ILLUSTRATED WORKS OF

GORDON HOME

Author and Painter



AN ON-LINE INDEX



Edited by David Widger

Gordon Home (1878-1969)

Project Gutenberg Editions


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CONTENTS

Click on the ## before each title to go directly to a
linked index of the detailed chapters and illustrations

##   Normandy

##   Yorkshire

##   Yorkshire—Coast and Moorlands

##   England of My Heart—Spring

##   Beautiful Britain

##   The Evolution Of An English Town

##  FRANCE

##  THE MOTOR ROUTES OF ENGLAND

##  THE MOTOR ROUTES OF FRANCE

##  THE INVASIONS OF ENGLAND

##  THE ENGLISH LAKES; A SKETCH-BOOK

##  STRATFORD-ON-AVON; A SKETCH-BOOK

##  WINCHESTER; A SKETCH-BOOK

##  YORK; A SKETCH-BOOK

##  THE INNS OF COURT

##  YORKSHIRE DALES AND FELLS

##  YORKSHIRE VALES AND WOLDS






VOLUMES, CHAPTERS AND STORIES



Normandy

PREFACE
LIST OF COLOURED ILLUSTRATIONS
LIST OF LINE ILLUSTRATIONS
CHAPTER I Some Features of Normandy
CHAPTER II By the Banks of the Seine
CHAPTER III Concerning Rouen, the Ancient Capital of Normandy
CHAPTER IV Concerning the Cathedral City of Evreux and the Road to Bernay
CHAPTER V Concerning Lisieux and the Romantic Town of Falaise
CHAPTER VI From Argentan to Avranches
CHAPTER VII Concerning Mont St Michel
CHAPTER VIII Concerning Coutances and Some Parts of the Cotentin
CHAPTER IX Concerning St Lo and Bayeux
CHAPTER X Concerning Caen and the Coast Towards Trouville
CHAPTER XI Some Notes on the History of Normandy





LIST OF COLOURED ILLUSTRATIONS

MONT ST MICHEL FROM THE CAUSEWAY
ON THE ROAD BETWEEN CONCHES AND BEAUMONT-LE-ROGER This is typical of the poplar-bordered roads of Normandy.
THE CHATEAU GAILLARD FROM THE ROAD BY THE SEINE The village of Le Petit Andely appears below the castle rock, and is partly hidden by the island. The chalk cliffs on the left often look like ruined walls.
A TYPICAL REACH OF THE SEINE BETWEEN ROUEN AND LE PETIT ANDELY On one side great chalk cliffs rise precipitously, and on the other are broad flat pastures.
THE CHURCH AT GISORS, SEEN FROM THE WALLS OF THE NORMAN CASTLE
THE TOUR DE LA GROSSE HORLOGE, ROUEN It is the Belfry of the City, and was commenced in 1389.
THE CATHEDRAL AT ROUEN Showing a peep of the Portail de la Calende, and some of the quaint houses of the oldest part of the City.
THE CATHEDRAL OF EVREUX SEEN FROM ABOVE On the right, just where the light touches some of the roofs of the houses, the fine old belfry can be seen.
A TYPICAL FARMYARD SCENE IN NORMANDY The curious little thatched mushroom above the cart is to be found in most of the Norman farms.
THE BRIDGE AT BEAUMONT-LE-ROGER On the steep hill beyond stands the ruined abbey church.
IN THE RUE AUX FEVRES, LISIEUX The second tiled gable from the left belongs to the fine sixteenth century house called the Manoir de Francois I.
THE CHURCH OF ST JACQUES AT LISIEUX One of the quaint umber fronted houses for which the town is famous appears on the left.
FALAISE CASTLE The favourite stronghold of William the Conqueror.
THE PORTE DES CORDELIERS AT FALAISE A thirteenth century gateway that overlooks the steep valley of the Ante.
THE CHATEAU D'O A seventeenth century manor house surrounded by a wide moat.
THE GREAT VIEW OVER THE FORESTS TO THE SOUTH FROM THE RAMPARTS OF DOMFRONT CASTLE Down below can be seen the river Varennes, and to the left of the railway the little Norman Church of Notre-Dame-sur-l'Eau.
THE CLOCK GATE, VIRE
A VIEW OF MONT ST MICHEL AND THE BAY OF CANCALE FROM THE JARDIN DES PLANTES AT AVRANCHES On the left is the low coast-line of Normandy, and on the right appears the islet of Tombelaine.
THE LONG MAIN STREET OF COUTANCES In the foreground is the Church of St Pierre, and in the distance is the Cathedral.
THE GREAT WESTERN TOWERS OF THE CHURCH OF NOTRE DAME AT ST LO They are of different dates, and differ in the arcading and other ornament.
THE NORMAN TOWERS OF BAYEUX CATHEDRAL
OUISTREHAM



LIST OF LINE ILLUSTRATIONS

THE CHATELET AND LA MERVEILLE AT MONT ST MICHEL The dark opening through the archway on the left is the main entrance to the Abbey. On the right can be seen the tall narrow windows that light the three floors of Abbot Jourdain's great work.
THE DISUSED CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS AT CAEN
A COURTYARD IN THE RUE DE BAYEUX AT CAEN






Yorkshire

CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
CHAPTER XXIII
CHAPTER XXIV
CHAPTER XXV

ILLUSTRATIONS

York from the Central Tower of The Minster
Sleights Moor from Swart Houe Cross
Runswick Bay
Robin Hood's Bay
Sunrise from Staithes Beck
The Red Roofs of Whitby
Whitby Abbey from the Cliffs
An Autumn Day at Guisborough
The Skelton Valley
In Pickering Church
The Market-place, Helmsley
Richmond Castle from the River
A Rugged View Above Wensleydale
A Jacobean House at Askrigg
Aysgarth Force
View up Wensleydale from Leyburn Shawl
Ripon Minster from the South
Fountains Abbey
Knaresborough
Bolton Abbey, Wharfedale
Settle
Wolds
Filey Brig
The Outermost Point of Flamborough Head
Hornsea Mere
The Market-place, Beverley
Patrington Church
Coxwold Village
The West Front of the Church Of Byland Abbey
Bootham Bar, York
Kirkstall Abbey, Leeds






Yorkshire—Coast and Moorlands

CHAPTER I ACROSS THE MOORS FROM PICKERING TO WHITBY
CHAPTER II ALONG THE ESK VALLEY
CHAPTER III THE COAST FROM WHITBY TO REDCAR
CHAPTER IV THE COAST FROM WHITBY TO SCARBOROUGH
CHAPTER V SCARBOROUGH
CHAPTER VI WHITBY
CHAPTER VII THE CLEVELAND HILLS
CHAPTER VIII GUISBOROUGH AND THE SKELTON VALLEY
CHAPTER IX FROM PICKERING TO RIEVAULX ABBEY






England of My Heart—Spring

INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Shooters' Hill
Dartford Church and Bridge
The Gateway of the Monastery Close, Rochester
Rochester
Canterbury Cathedral from Christchurch Gate
West Gate, Canterbury
On the Stour Near Canterbury
Chilham
A Corner of Romney Marsh
Rye
Winchelsea Church
Battle Abbey
Lewes Castle
The Downs
The Weald of Sussex, North Of Lewes
Arundel Castle
The Market Cross, Chichester
Bosham
The Tudor House, Opposite St Michael's Church, Southampton
In the New Forest
Romsey Abbey
North Transept, Winchester Cathedral
St Cross, Winchester
Selborne from the Hanger






Beautiful Britain

CHAPTER PAGE
I. THE PILGRIM'S APPROACH TO THE CITY 5
II. THE STORY OF CANTERBURY 9
III. THE CATHEDRAL 40
IV. THE CITY 56
  INDEX

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PLATE
1. THE NAVE OF CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL Frontispiece
  FACING PAGE
2. CHRIST CHURCH GATE 9
3. THE CATHEDRAL FROM NORTH-WEST 16
4. THE "ANGEL" OR "BELL HARRY" TOWER AND THE LAVATORY TOWER OF THE CATHEDRAL 25
5. THE CHAPEL OF "OUR LADY" IN THE UNDERCROFT OF THE CATHEDRAL 27
6. THE WARRIOR'S CHAPEL 30
7. THE MARTYRDOM IN THE NORTH-WEST TRANSEPT 32
8. THE DOORWAY FROM THE CLOISTERS TO THE MARTYRDOM 43
9. THE GREYFRIARS' HOUSE IN CANTERBURY 46
10. THE HOUSE OF THE CANTERBURY WEAVERS 49
11. WESTGATE CANTERBURY FROM WITHIN 56
12. THE NORMAN STAIRCASE TO THE KING'S SCHOOL On the cover
13. PLAN OF CANTERBURY. 5
14. PLAN OF CANTERBURY CASTLE. 63








The Evolution Of An English Town

PREFACE.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I CONCERNING THOSE WHICH FOLLOW
CHAPTER II THE FOREST AND VALE OF PICKERING IN PALAEOLITHIC AND PRE-GLACIAL TIMES
CHAPTER III THE VALE OF PICKERING IN THE LESSER ICE AGE
CHAPTER IV THE EARLY INHABITANTS OF THE FOREST AND VALE OF PICKERING
CHAPTER V HOW THE ROMAN OCCUPATION OF BRITAIN AFFECTED THE FOREST AND VALE OF PICKERING, B.C. 55 TO A.D. 418
CHAPTER VI THE FOREST AND VALE IN SAXON TIMES, A.D. 418 TO 1066
CHAPTER VII THE FOREST AND VALE IN NORMAN TIMES, A.D. 1066 TO 1154
CHAPTER VIII THE FOREST AND VALE IN THE TIME OF THE PLANTAGENETS, A.D. 1154 TO 1485
CHAPTER IX THE FOREST AND VALE IN TUDOR TIMES, A.D. 1485 TO 1603
CHAPTER X THE FOREST AND VALE IN STUART TIMES, A.D. 1603 TO 1714
CHAPTER XI THE FOREST AND VALE IN GEORGIAN TIMES, A.D. 1714 TO 1837
CHAPTER XII THE FOREST AND VALE FROM EARLY VICTORIAN TIMES UP TO THE PRESENT DAY, A.D. 1837 TO 1905
CHAPTER XIII Concerning the Villages and Scenery of the Forest and Vale of Pickering
CHAPTER XIV Concerning the Zoology of the Forest and Vale


LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Pickering From The North-West
Rosamund Tower, Pickering Castle
Kirkdale Cave
Hyænas' Jaws
Elephants' Teeth
Bear's Tusk
Pickering Lake in Ice Age
Newtondale in Ice Age
Pickering Lake, Eastern End
Scamridge Dykes
Pre-Historic Weapons
Leaf-shaped Arrow Head
Lake Dwellings Relics
Remains of Pre-Historic Animals from Lake Dwellings
Skeleton of Bronze Age
A Quern
Urns in Pickering Museum
Sketch Map of Roman Road and Camps
The Tower of Middleton Church
Ancient Font and Crosses
Saxon Sundial at Kirkdale
Saxon Sundial at Edstone
Pre-Norman Remains near Pickering
Saxon Stones at Kirkdale
Saxon Stones at Sinnington
South Side of the Nave of Pickering Church
Norman Doorway at Salton
Norman Work at Ellerburne
The Crypt at Lastingham
Norman Font at Edstone
Wall Paintings in Pickering Church
The Devil's Tower, Pickering Castle
Wall Painting of St Christopher
Wall Painting of St Edmund and Acts of Mercy
Wall Painting of Herod's Feast and Martyrdom of St Thomas a Becket
Effigy of Sir William Bruce
Effigies in Bruce Chapel
Holy Water Stoup in Pickering Church
Sanctus Bell
Cattle Marks
Section of Fork Cottage
Details of Fork Cottage
Pickering Castle from the Keep
Pre-Reformation Chalice
Font at Pickering Church
Alms Box at Pickering Church
House in which Duke of Buckingham Died
Maypole on Sinnington Green
Inverted Stone Coffin at Wykeham
Magic Cubes
Newtondale, showing the Coach Railway
Relics of Witchcraft
A Love Garter
Horn of the Sinnington Hunt
Interior of the Oldest Type of Cottage
Ingle-Nook at Gallow Hill Farm
Autographs of Wordsworth and Mary Hutchinson
Riding t' Fair
Halbert and Spetum
Old Key of Castle
Pickering Shambles
The Old Pickering Fire-Engine
Market Cross at Thornton-le-Dale
Lockton Village
The Black Hole of Thornton-le-Dale
Hutton Buscel Church
Sketch Map of the Pickering District






FRANCE

By Gordon Home

WITH 32 FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR

1914



CONTENTS

  CHAPTER I Page
Introductory   1
  CHAPTER II  
The Genesis and Characteristics of the French 6
  CHAPTER III  
Family Life—Marriage and the Birth-rate 23
  CHAPTER IV  
How the French govern Themselves 49
  CHAPTER V  
On Education and Religion   67
  CHAPTER VI [Pg vi]
Some Aspects of Paris and of Town Life in General 86
  CHAPTER VII  
Of Rural Life in France   114
  CHAPTER VIII  
The Rivers of France   143
  CHAPTER IX  
Of the Watering-Places   169
  CHAPTER X  
Architecture—Roman, Romanesque, and Gothic— in
        France
193
  CHAPTER XI  
The National Defences   205
  INDEX
    213

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

The Western Façade of Amiens CathedralFrontispiece
Combourg, a typical Château of the Mediaeval Type8
In the Café Armenonville in the Bois de Boulogne, Paris17
In the Place du Théâtre Français, Paris24
Evening in the Place d'Iéna, Paris31
In the Centre of Paris40
The Market-Place and Cathedral at Abbeville48
Five-o'clock Tea in Paris64
Children of Paris in the Luxembourg Gardens71
Le Puy-en-Velay in the Auvergne Country75
La Roche, a Village of Haute Savoie78
A typical Cocher of Paris90
Autumn in the Champs Elysées, Paris95
A Breton Calvaire: the oratory of Jacques Cartier122
A Peasant Child of Normandy126
The Cathedral and part of the Old City of Chartres136
The Château of Amboise on the Loire144
Château Gaillard and a loop of the Seine150
Mont Blanc reflecting the sunset glow155
Evian les Bains on Lake Geneva158
The Chapel on the Bridge of St. Bénézet, Avignon162
Cap Martin near Mentone164
The Château of Chenonceaux168
St. Malo from St. Servan171
Monte Carlo and Monaco from the East174
Mont St. Michel at High Tide177
The Vegetable Market, Nice187
The Pyrenees from near Pamiers190
The Galerie des Glaces at Versailles192
The Roman Triumphal Arch at Orange194
French Destroyers200
Soldiers of France in Paris208






THE MOTOR ROUTES OF ENGLAND

WESTERN SECTION

By Gordon Home (Assisted By Charles H. Ashdown)

CONTENTS

TRUNK ROUTE
SECTION PAGE
I. London to Dunstable, 32 Miles 1
II. Dunstable to Atherstone, 72½ Miles 18
III. Atherstone to Shrewsbury, 59 Miles 29
LOOP No. 1
  (a) Shrewsbury to Chester, 39½ Miles 38
  (b) Chester to Mold and Rhyl, 35½ Miles 52
  (c) Rhyl to Shrewsbury, 86½ Miles 61
TRUNK ROUTE
IV. Shrewsbury to Llandudno, 81½ Miles 75
V. Llandudno to Bangor, 18¾ Miles 89
LOOP No. 2
  Bangor to Bettws-y-Coed, 20¼ Miles 98
TRUNK ROUTE
VI. Bangor to Dolgelley, 65¾ Miles 103
LOOP No. 3
  Dolgelley to Cemmaes via Tal-y-Llyn, 40 Miles 119
LOOP No. 4
  Cemmaes to Aberystwyth and Llangurig, 49¾ Miles 127
TRUNK ROUTE
VII. Dolgelley to Llangurig, 48¼ Miles 134
LOOP No. 5
  (a) Talgarth to St. David's, 117¼ Miles 142
  (b) St. David's to Hereford, 132¼ Miles 162
TRUNK ROUTE
VIII. Llangurig to Abergavenny, 68 Miles 180
IX. Abergavenny to Gloucester, 84¼ Miles 189
LOOP No. 6
  (a) Hereford to Shrewsbury, 54¾ Miles 219
  (b) Shrewsbury to Hereford, 81¼ Miles 232
LOOP No. 7
  Gloucester to Bath, Malmesbury, Evesham, Tewkesbury, and Gloucester, 153 Miles 243
TRUNK ROUTE
X. Gloucester to Oxford, 50 Miles 269
LOOP No. 8
  Oxford to Stratford-on-Avon, Coventry, Banbury, and Oxford, 110 Miles 280
TRUNK ROUTE
XI. Oxford to London, 67½ Miles 305
  Table of the Sovereigns of England, the Chief Events of their Reigns, and the Architectural Periods 320
  A List of Motor-Car Signs 323
  A List of Hotels 326
  Index 327

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

1. Distant View of Bettws-y-Coed. Frontispiece
FACING PAGE
2. Lichfield Cathedral 32
3. Shrewsbury House, Chester 65
4. Swallow Falls, near Bettws-y-Coed 72
5. Conway from Benarth 89
6. Conway Valley 96
7. Distant View of Penmaenmawr 113
8. Snowdon from Traeth Mawr 120
9. Hereford Cathedral from the Banks of the Wye 176
10. The Wye, Symond's Yat, near Monmouth, Herefordshire 185
11. Coming Night, near Beddgelert 201
12. Tintern Abbey 208
13. Church Porch at Northleach 281
14. Stratford-on-Avon 288
15. Ford's Hospital, Coventry 297
16. Magdalen Tower and Bridge, Oxford 304

LIST OF PLANS

PAGE
1. St. Albans 7
2. Dunstable 16
3. Shrewsbury 77
4. Chester 44
5. Conway 91
6. Carnarvon 106
7. Hereford 177
8. Worcester 237
9. Gloucester 212
10. Tewkesbury 265
11. Cheltenham 271
12. Oxford 307
13. Warwick 291
14. Leamington 294
15. Coventry 299
16. Bath 251
  Chester Cathedral 46
  Valle Crucis Abbey 72
  Carnarvon Castle 107
  St. David's Cathedral 159
  Gloucester Cathedral 215






THE MOTOR ROUTES OF FRANCE

To The Châteaux Of Touraine, Biarritz,   The   Pyrenees,   The Riviera, And The  Rhone  Valley

By Gordon Home

With 16 Full-Page Illustrations In Colour

CONTENTS

SECTION   PAGE
I. Havre to Rouen, Dieppe to Rouen, and Calais and Boulogne to Rouen 1
II. Rouen to Evreux 27
III. Evreux to Chartres 50
IV. Chartres to Orleans 62
V. Orleans to Tours 80
VI. Tours to Poitiers 116
VII. Poitiers to Angoulême 138
VIII. Angoulême to Bergerac 152
IX. Bergerac to Mont-de-Marsan 167
X. Mont-de-Marsan to Biarritz 175
XI. Biarritz to Pamplona and San Sebastian, Spain 193
XII. Biarritz to Pau 218
XIII. Pau to St. Gaudens 227
XIV. St. Gaudens to Carcassonne 241
XV. Carcassonne to Montpellier 254
XVI. Montpellier to Aix-en-Provence 272
XVII. Aix-en-Provence to Cannes 292
XVIII. Cannes to San Remo 305
XIX. Aix-en-Provence to Avignon 324
XX. Avignon to Valence{viii} 320
XXI. Valence to St. Étienne 346
XXII. St. Étienne to Moulins 356
XXIII. Moulins to Briare 364
XXIV. Briare to Melun 375
XXV. Melun to St. Germain-en-Laye 383
XXVI. St. Germain-en-Laye to Gisors 390
XXVII. Gisors to Rouen 400
XXVIII. Gisors to Dieppe 417
Hints on Touring in France, by John L. Kirk 420
French and Italian Road Warnings 426
A Table of the Dates of the Chief Events in French History 430
Index: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, Y, Z 435

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

IN COLOUR
1. Chartres Frontispiece
  FACING PAGE
2. Caudebec-en-Caux 12
3. The Towers of St. Ouen, Rouen 40
4. The Road near Rouen 49
5. Amboise 105
6. The Château of Chenonceaux 112
7. The Limestone Cavern on the Road near Mas d'Azil 248
8. The Pyrenees in Spring 257
9. Narbonne 265
10. The Castle at Tarascon 272
11. On the Coast of the Estérels 305
12. Cap Martin 312
13. The Mouth of the Roya at Ventimiglia 321
14. An Arched Street in Apricale, Italy 328
15. The Roman Arch at Orange 344
16. Château Gaillard, Normandy 412
IN BLACK AND WHITE
1. Rouen Cathedral from the South 57
2. Approaching Chartres 64
3. Old Gabled Houses at Tours{x} 121
4. The Street of Narvate 128
5. Shoeing a Bullock in the Basque Country 201
6. One of the Gates of Pamplona 208
7. The Limestone Gorge in the Pyrenees between Pamplona and Tolosa 217
8. The Fortified Bridge at Orthez 224
9. A picturesque Corner of St. Lizier 243
10. The Cloisters at St. Lizier 246
11. On the Ramparts of the Cité of Carcassonne 259
12. The Arcaded Square of Mirepoix 262
13. The Greek Theatre at Arles 289
14. The Romanesque Bridge at Avignon 296
15. The Tour de l'Horloge at Moulins 361
16. The Fifteenth Century Fireplace in the Hôtel du Grand Cerf at Le Grand Andely 368
IN THE TEXT
Plan of the Château of Blois, p. 95.
How Biarritz was visited in 1813, p. 188.
Twenty-eight Route Maps.
Thirty-one Town Plans.
AT END OF BOOK

Folding Map of France, showing all the routes described and other alternative routes to which some reference is given.






THE INVASIONS OF ENGLAND

By Edward Foord and Gordon Home

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. CÆSAR'S INVASIONS 1
II. THE CLAUDIAN INVASION AND THE ROMAN CONQUEST 30
III. THE ROMAN PROVINCE AND THE EARLIER TEUTONIC INVASIONS 58
IV. THE ENGLISH CONQUEST 85
V. THE VIKING RAVAGES 114
VI. ALFRED AND THE SAVING OF WESSEX 132
VII. THE CONQUEST OF THE DANELAW 152
VIII. LATER VIKING RAIDS AND THE DANISH CONQUEST 162
IX. THE INVASIONS OF 1066 177
X. CONTINENTAL INVASIONS 209
XI. SCOTTISH INVASIONS 223
XII. LATER SCOTTISH INVASIONS 249
XIII. THE SPANISH ARMADA 275
XIV. THE AFTERMATH OF THE ARMADA 312
XV. DE RUIJTER AND WILLIAM OF ORANGE 318
XVI. THE 'FIFTEEN' AND THE 'FORTY-FIVE' 332
XVII. FRENCH RAIDS, 1690–1797 344
XVIII. THE NAPOLEONIC DESIGN, 1804 351
  APPENDIX A.—THE SITE OF THE BATTLE OF ACLEA 357
  APPENDIX B.—THE ENGLISH AND SPANISH FLEETS IN 1588 357
  INDEX 363

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PRINTED SEPARATELY FROM THE TEXT
ADMIRAL MICHIEL ADRIAANSZOON DE RUIJTER Frontispiece
FACING PAGE
GAIUS JULIUS CÆSAR 17
CLAUDIUS I. 32
JOHN DUDLEY, VISCOUNT LISLE 213
A GREAT-SHIP OF THE REIGN OF HENRY VIII. 220
THOMAS HOWARD, EARL OF SURREY 261
KING JAMES IV. OF SCOTLAND 268
ADMIRAL PERO MENENDEZ DE AVILES 289
SIR FRANCIS DRAKE 304
LORD HOWARD OF EFFINGHAM 309
SIR JOHN HAWKINS 316
JAMES, DUKE OF MONMOUTH 321
WILLIAM OF ORANGE 336
PRINCE CHARLES EDWARD STUART 341
GENERAL LAZARE HOCHE 346
A HIGHLAND OUTPOST 348
PRINTED IN THE TEXT
PAGE
TYPES OF ROMAN SOLDIERS 10
A BRITON 15
A ROMAN TRIREME OFF DOVER 19
THE ROMAN WALL BETWEEN AESICA AND BORCOVICUS 55
ANGLO-SAXON WEAPONS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM 95
A VIKING WARRIOR 115
THE OSEBERG DRAGON SHIP 118
SCANDINAVIAN WEAPONS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM 121
IRON HAFTED BATTLE-AXE FOUND AT WINCHESTER 123
PLANKS TAKEN FROM A NINTH-CENTURY WAR VESSEL SUNK IN THE HAMBLE RIVER 133xv
AN ANGLO-SAXON WEARING A HELMET OF LEATHER STRENGTHENED WITH METAL BANDS 135
NORSE SHIP FOUND AT GOKSTAD 151
HORSES BEING LANDED FROM TRANSPORTS 189
WILLIAM'S FLAGSHIP, THE 'MORA' 189
THE ATTACK ON THE ENGLISH SHIELD-WALL AT HASTINGS 201
A VERY EARLY CAST-IRON BREECH-LOADING GUN 215
WROUGHT-IRON GUN FROM THE 'MARIE ROSE' 219
A BRASS CANNON ROYAL OF THE TIME OF HENRY VIII. 220
THE VIEW NORTH-WEST FROM FLODDEN FIELD 253
WEAPONS NOW PRESERVED IN BAMBOROUGH CASTLE 256
AN ENGLISH BILLMAN 262
A SCOTTISH PIKEMAN 265
BROWN BILL AND A BILL OF THE TIME OF HENRY VIII. 267
AN ELIZABETHAN MIDDLE-RATE GALLEON OR BATTLESHIP 281
IRON CANNON OF THE ARMADA PERIOD 290
BRASS DODECAGONAL SAKER OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY 296
A DUTCH TWO-DECKED BATTLESHIP 325
A HIGHLAND CLANSMAN OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 335
MARTELLO TOWERS ON THE SUSSEX COAST 362

MAPS AND PLANS

PAGE
CÆSAR'S TWO EXPEDITIONS TO BRITAIN IN 55 AND 54 B.C. 27
THE CAMPAIGN OF A.D. 60 AGAINST BOUDICCA 49
THE PASS THROUGH THE LAMMERMUIRS 101
BRITAIN FROM ABOUT 500-570 103
BRITAIN ABOUT 613 111
ENGLISH AND NORTHMEN AT THE DEATH OF ALFRED 149
THE FINAL STRUGGLE BETWEEN EADMUND II. AND CNUT 175
THE CAMPAIGN OF 1066 185
PLAN OF THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS 195
PLAN OF THE FLODDEN MANOUVRE 259
PLAN OF THE BATTLE OF FLODDEN 264
ORDER OF SAILING OF THE SPANISH ARMADA 297
THE DUTCH IN THE MEDWAY 322, 323






The ENGLISH LAKES

A Sketch Book

By Gordon Home

1 Langdale Pikes from a garden on Windermere [title]
2 Windermere from Bowness
3 Dove Cottage—Grasmere
4 Stone Circle near Keswick
5 Derwentwater from near Friar's Crag
6 Derwentwater from Borrowdale
7 Buttermere
8 Scale Force
9 Among the summits of the Fells
10 Ennerdale Water from Pillar Fell
11 Wastwater & The Screes
12 Clouds on Scafell
13 Styhead Pass
14 Mickleden & Rossett Gill
15 Ullswater from the summit of Helvellyn
16 Hawes Water & Harter Fell






STRATFORD-ON-AVON

A sketch-book

By Gordon Home

ILLUSTRATIONS

1 The Monumental Bust, Title-Page.
2 In the High Street.
3 Holy Trinity Church.
4 The Birthplace.
5 The Birth Room in Shakespeare's House.
6 The Guild Hall & Grammar School.
7 The Site of New Place & The Guild Chapel.
8 The New Place Panelling in the Falcon Hotel.
9 A doorway in Sheep Street.
10 The Memorial Theatre from the Church-yard Wall.
11 The Clopton Bridge.
12 The Corner of Ely Street.
13 In The Hall of The Harvard House.
14 Details of the front of Harvard House.
15 The Entrance to the Grammar School.
16 The approach to The Church porch.
17 In Holy Trinity Church.
18 Mason's Court, Rother Street.
19 In the garden of the Birthplace.
20 Seven gables of the Dower House.
21 Anne Hathaway's Cottage.
22 Anne Hathaway's, The garden view.
23 Anne Hathaway's Bed.
24 The Home of Mary Arden.






WINCHESTER

A Sketch-Book

By Gordon Home

DRAWINGS

1 The West Gate.
2 The City Cross in The High Street.
3 The West Front of The Cathedral.
4 The Cloisters of The Cathedral.
5 The Deanery & And Tower of The Cathedral.
6 The Close Gate.
7 The Norman Clerestory of The South Transept.
8 South-west Buttress of The Nave.
9 The Font in The Cathedral.
10 Norman Arches of The North Transept.
11 The Cathedral Nave.
12 South aisle of The Nave.
13 Chamber Court. Winchester College.
14 in The Cloisters. Winchester College.
15 St. Catherine's Hill.
16 St. Cross Church from The River.
17 A Window of St. Cross Hospital.
18 The Old Rectory in Cheesehill Street.
19 The Mill at The Foot of The High Street.
20 The Prentice.
21 God Begot House.
22 The Castle Hall from West Gate.
23 The Castle-hall & The Round Table.






YORK

A SKETCH-BOOK

By Gordon Home

SKETCHES

1 Fishergate Postern & the Mister [Title].
2 Micklegate Bar.
3 St. Mary's Abbey.
4 Courtyard of the King's Manor House.
5 Doorway of the Guildhall.
6 Stonegate.
7 The Minster from the North.
8 The North Transept of the Minster.
9 In the Choir of the Minster.
10 The Hall of the Merchant Venturers.
11 Clifford's Tower—York Castle.
12 St. Martin's Church—Coney Street.
13 The Shambles.
14 All Saints' Church. Pavement.
15 The last “Spur"” Porch.
16 Walmgate Bar.






THE INNS OF COURT

By Gordon Home



CONTENTS

  PAGE
CHAPTER I
Origin of the Inns 1
CHAPTER II
The Knights Templars 27
CHAPTER III
The Temple Church 44
CHAPTER IV
The Middle Temple 54
CHAPTER V
The Inner Temple 86
CHAPTER VI
Lincoln's Inn and the Devil's Own 106
CHAPTER VII
Gray's Inn 135
CHAPTER VIII
Inns of Chancery 165
CHAPTER IX
The Serjeants and Serjeants' Inns 186

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

1. Old Hall and Old Square from the Tower of the New Hall, Lincoln's Inn    Frontispiece
    FACING PAGE
2. Middle Temple Lane 6
3. Interior of the Middle Temple Hall 20
4. Lamb Building from Pump Court, Temple 34
5. Interior of the Temple Church 46
6. The East End of the Temple Church and the Master's House 56
7. The Middle Temple Gatehouse in Fleet Street 66
8. Fountain Court and Middle Temple Hall 74
9. Middle Temple Library 84
10. Hall and Library, Inner Temple 94
11. No. 5, King's Bench Walk, Inner Temple 102
12. Old Square, Lincoln's Inn 112
13. The New Gateway and Hall of Lincoln's Inn 118
14. Stone Buildings, Lincoln's Inn, from the Gardens 128
15. A Doorway in South Square, Gray's Inn 144
16. Gray's Inn Square 154
17. The Gabled Houses outside Staple Inn, Holborn 164
18. Staple Inn Hall and Courtyard 172
19. The Great Hall of the Royal Courts of Justice 176
20. Clifford's Inn 184
Sketch-plan at end of volume.






YORKSHIRE DALES and FELLS

By Gordon Home

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I
  PAGE
The Dale Country as a Whole 1
CHAPTER II
Richmond 13
CHAPTER III
Swaledale 47
CHAPTER IV
Wensleydale 71
CHAPTER V
Ripon and Fountains Abbey 115
CHAPTER VI
Knaresborough and Harrogate 125
CHAPTER VII
Wharfedale 139
CHAPTER VIII
Skipton, Malham, and Gordale 149
CHAPTER IX
Settle and the Ingleton Fells 165
Index 173

ILLUSTRATIONS

1. Fountains Abbey Frontispiece
    FACING PAGE
2. Richmond Castle from the River 20
3. Richmond from the West 30
4. Swaledale in the Early Autumn 48
5. Downholme Moor, above Swaledale 56
6. Muker on a Stormy Afternoon 64
7. Twilight in the Butter-tubs Pass 72
8. Hardraw Force 78
9. A Rugged View above Wensleydale 82
10. A Jacobean House at Askrigg 90
11. Aysgarth Force 98
12. Bolton Castle, Wensleydale 104
13. View up Wensleydale from Leyburn Shawl 110
14. Ripon Minster from the South 18
15. Knaresborough 126
16. Bolton Abbey, Wharfedale 142
17. Hubberholme Church 144
18. The Courtyard of Skipton Castle 150
19. Gordale Scar 160
20. Settle 166






YORKSHIRE VALES AND WOLDS

By Gordon Home

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I
  PAGE
Concerning the Wolds 3
CHAPTER II
From Filey To Spurn Head 33
CHAPTER III
Beverley 71
CHAPTER IV
Along the Humber 87
CHAPTER V
The Derwent and the Howardian Hills 121
CHAPTER VI
A Brief Description of the City of York 145
CHAPTER VII
The Manufacturing District 159
Index: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, V, W, Y. 183

ILLUSTRATIONS

1. York from the Central Tower of the Minster (the Western Towers in the Middle Distance) Frontispiece
2. Wind and Sunshine on the Wolds 10
3. Filey Brig 34
4. The Outermost Point of Flamborough Head 48
5. Hornsea Mere 62
6. The Market Place, Beverley 72
7. Beverley Minster 76
8. Patrington Church 100
9. Wressle Castle 110
10. Kirkham Abbey 124
11. Stamford Bridge 126
12. Sheriff Hutton Castle 130
13. Coxwold Village 136
14. The West Front of the Church of Byland Abbey 140
15. Stonegate, York 150
16. Bootham Bar, York 152
17. New Hall, Pontefract 166
18. Kirkstall Abbey, Leeds 174
19. Haworth Church and 'Parsonage' 178
20. Iron Foundries at Brightside, Sheffield 180