BOSCOBEL OR THE ROYAL OAK.
Reading edition
A TALE OF THE YEAR 1651.
BY
WILLIAM HARRISON AINSWORTH. AUTHOR OF "THE TOWER OF LONDON," &c.
ILLUSTRATED.
In that fair part where the rich Salop gains An ample view o'er all the Western plains, A grove appears which Boscobel they name, Not known to maps; a grove of scanty fame. And yet henceforth no celebrated shade Of all the British groves shall be more glorious made. Cowley's Sylva. Book VI.
LONDON GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS, Limited Broadway, Ludgate Hill GLASGOW, MANCHESTER, AND NEW YORK
INSCRIBED TO THE MEMORY OF MY OLD FRIEND, JOHN HUGHES, Esq., OF DONNINGTON HOUSE, BERKS, EDITOR OF The "Boscobel Tracts," SON OF MRS. HUGHES, OF KINGSTON LISLE, FATHER OF THOMAS HUGHES, M.P.