INDEX

Abingdon, 44 Accident, 14, 243 Accumulators, 149 Africa, 92 Agora, 298 “Ajax,” 141 Alexandria, 298 All Fools’ Day, 270 America, 92, 102, 150, 301 Annealed, 21 Antiquated, 25 Antonio, 234 Apprentices (smiths), 90 Aquatic plants, 44 Archæologist, 177 Army, 77, 302 Ash-wheelers, 47 Athens, 298 Athletes, 63 Atlantic, 139, 169 Atlas, 73 Avon, river, 22, 45 Axles, 20 “Back to the Land,” 296 Balance, 283 Balance-week, 254 Balling-up, 17 Bank Holidays, 245 Battleship, 110 Bays, 10 Beam-engine, 151 Beltage, 100 Besom, 85 Bible, 32 “Big Firm,” 256 Birmingham, 92, 151 Bogies, 11 Boilers, 136 Boilersmiths, 74, 113 Bonuses, 301 Borough, 18 Boss, 134 “Black List,” 230 Blast-furnace, 116 Blood-poisoning, 213 Bloom, 108 “Blower,” 150 Bricklayers, 48 Bricklayers’ labourers, 49 Bridge, of furnace, 46 Bristol, 13, 44 Broad-gauge, 67 Broadway, Hammersmith, 238 “Bucket of blast,” 281 Buffalo Bill, 77, 156 Buffer, 23 Bullion van, 70 “Bummer,” 134 Burns, 19 Burs, 23 Cabin, 25 Cæsar, Julius, 264 Callipers, 102 Canada, 228 Canvas belts, 147 Cape of Good Hope, 102 Capitalist, 2 Carlyle, Thomas, 237 Carriage body-makers, 56 Carriage finishers, 38 Cassius, 264 Castellum, 12 Casuals, 69 Catastrophe, 38 Ceremonious, 57 Ceylon, 157 Chalk-pits, 13 Channel Islands, 173 Chargeman, 282 Charities, 97 Cheapjack, 173 Check-box, 130 Chelidon, 263 Cheltenham, 92 Chemicals, 33 China, 102, 157, 173 Cinematograph, 298 Cirencester, 13 Clay-pits, 262 Clinkering, 46 “Clod-hopping,” 297 Coal-heavers, 14 Coffee stalls, 129 Compensation, 227 Compressed air, 172 Condensation, 11 Consumption, 126 Contraband, 31 Corporation, 62 Cotswold Hills, 45 Cottage Hospital, 97 Countershaft, 145 Covered goods waggons, 71 “Cow-banging,” 279 Cramp, 94 Cricklade, 44 Cushion-beaters, 41 Cutting-down, 68 Cyclops, 208 Cylinder, 18 Deadwood Dick, 77 Dee, river, 22 Democracy, 294 Detectives, 37 Detonators, 23 “Diagonals,” 23 Dinner-can, 112 “Discontent,” 4 “Dolly,” 69 Donkey-engine, 150 Donkey-man, 109 Door-boy, 110 Dorsetshire, 247 Double-handed, 306 Dowlais, 173 Draughtsmen, 133 Dredger, 45 Drop-stamp, 153 Dumb-bells, 144 Durham, 92 Earthquake, 18 Ebony, 15 Educational Authority, 289 Egypt, 173 Egyptians, 298 Electricity in belts, 147 Engine-cranks, 104 Entrenchment, 13 Erin, 173 Espionage, 303 Examination, 93 Excursionists, 26 Exhaust of engines, 63 Exhibition, 88 Ex-Hussar, 73 Explosions, 36 Fable, 133 Factory Acts, 74 Factory system, 103 Falstaffian, 181 Fan, 145 Feed-pipes, 210 Feudal times, 1 Fire-engine, 33 Fires, 34 First Aid Men, 244 Fitters, 101 “Flatter,” 21 Flying Dutchman, 68 Fogmen, 23 “Foreigners,” 86 Forgemen, 106 Forging, 18 Fortress, 11 Foundry, 116 France, 150 Freight trains, 123 “Fuller,” 21 Gallery-men, 87 Gauge-glass, 166 Gazing-stock, 186 Geological data, 50 Germany, 20, 150 Gloucester, 44, 92 Government, 8, 300 Greeks, 1, 289 Grindstones, bursting of, 152 Grossness of atmosphere, 249 Gun barrel, 17 Hammer-driver, 107 Hammersmith, 237 Heavy-weights, 73 Hecuba, 290 “Hell Corner,” 142 Hercules, 52 Hereditary, 91 Hibernian, 182 Historical relics, 288 Holder-up, 69 Hooter, 125 Horatian, 290 Horse-rake, 266 Hustle, 183 Hydraulic work, 171 Idea-box, 301 “Ierky,” 59 Improvers, 90 Incendiarism, 34 Inferno, 208 Injector, 215 Inquiry office, 276 Inquisition, 303 Irishmen, 173 “Ironopolis,” 105 Italians, 298 Jackboots, 17, 111 Jam, 148 “Jaw-breakers,” 285 Jefferies, Richard, 12 “Jersey Lily,” 173 Jesus Christ, 246 Jew’s harp, 166 “Jogglers,” 82 “Joggling,” 14 John Bright, 236 Journals, axle, 13 Justin M‘Carthy, 238 Kennet, river, 22 Labour unrest, 1 “Lambs,” 177 Lancaster, 92 Latin, 289 Laughing-stock, 29 Lean-to, 142 Library, 248 Liddington Hill, 12 Lightning, 10 Literary Society, 135 Liverpool, 92 “Loco” boiler, 164 Loitering, 29 London, 44, 45, 68 Magnesia, 166 Malcontent, 305 Malleable steel, 103 Mallet, 83 Marines, 232 Mark Fell, 304 Mars, 219 May-pole, 63 Medical Report, 242 Mediterranean, 263 Merchant of Venice, 234 Mess-rooms, 262 Middlesborough, 105, 173 Midlands, 105, 155 Militia, 174 Mines, 1 Molière, 154 “Monday-fied,” 257 “Monkey,” of hammer, 109 Monsieur Jourdain, 154 Monthly staff, 133 Motherwell, 173 Moulders, 119 Mrs Langtry, 237 Mulatto, 174 Municipalities, 2 Mushrooms, 221 Narrow-gauge, 67 Navy, 77, 143, 302 Newcastle, 116 New Testament, 290 New Year’s Eve, 271 Nicknames, 77 Night shift, 206 “Nobbling,” 113 Oatmeal, 261 Obsequious, 275 Officialism, 7 Oileus, Ajax, 141 Oil furnace, 3, 139 Oscar Wilde, 237 Output, 5 Overalls, 101 Overseer, 7 Overtime, 292 Oxford, 13 Painters, 38 Palmy days, 21 Pandemonium, 71, 135 Paris, 158 Parliament, 8 Parrot, river, 22 Passeres, 263 Pater familias, 127 Pattern-makers, 38 Pay-day, 253 Pension, 32 Percentage, 51, 283 Piece-work inspector, 134 Piers and panels, 10 Pig iron, 117 “Piles,” 16 Platers, boiler, 113 Pneumatic riveting machine, 70 Police Court, 53 Politics, 287 Porter-bar, 105 “Pride o’ the Prairie,” 198 Provocation, 4 “Puddling,” 17 “Puller-up,” 71 Pull-rod, 201 Punishment, 15 Pushfulness, 53 Railway Institute, 248 “Ram,” 104, 143 “Rasher-waggon,” 111 References, 276 Refrigerator van, 70 Repairs, 37 “Riddle,” 83 River Liffey, 155 Rivet-boys, 75 Road-waggon builder, 54 Rolling mills, 15 Romans, 1, 85 Rome, 298 Rooks, 263 Rotherham, 92 Royal train, 233 Rubbish heap, 61 Ruffianism, 56 Salisbury, 157 Sanitary, 32 Scientist, 20 Scotland, 13, 20, 105 Scrap-waggons, 21 Serfs, 1 “Set-tool,” 82 Severn, 22 Shear-off (bur), 172 Sheer-legs, 14 Sheffield, 13, 92, 105 Shingling, 16 Shop clerks, 133 Shunters, 25 Shylock, 234 Sick and Medical Fund, 253 Signalmen, 68, 124 Skating-rink, 298 Skulker, 47 Slag, 171 Smithy, 82 Smoke-box, 115 Smoking, 27 Smudging, 37 “Snap” (rivet), 78 Sneak, 31 Snowstorm, 121 Socialist, 36 Sole-bar, 67 Sop, 5 Speeding-up, 5 Stamping, 98 State, 8 Steam-saw, 16 Steamship Company, 2 Stoppage week, 254 Storekeeper, 239 “Strappie,” 148 Sunderland, 116, 179 Supper-hour, 215 Surgery, 281 “Swanker,” 265 Tamar, river, 22 Tarpaulin, 22 Taxicab, 299 Teak, 13 Telamon, 141 “Tell-tale,” 28 Tennyson, 237 Thales, 1 Thames, river, 22, 45 Theft, 30, 81 Throw-off (wheels), 152 “Ticket,” 131 Tipperary, 182 Titanic, 191 Titans, 139 “Toe-punch,” 281 T pieces, 20 Towy, river, 22 Trades Union, 2, 102 Trams, 299 Transfer, 40, 43 Transport, 44 Transvaal, 173 Traversing Table, 161 Trespassers, 67 Trimmer, 210 “Trip,” 245 Troy, 141 Tubing (boilers), 113 Tug-of-war, 73 Tyres, 13 Uffington, 233 Ugliness, 12 Under-strapper, 61 “Undesirables,” 289 Upholsterers, 38 Up-setting, 142 Vacuum arrangement, 41 Ventilation, 10 Viaduct, 22 Virgil, 1 Wages, 5 Wales, 179, 181 Washer, 21 Washing-down, 37 Waster, 279 Watchmen, 25 Water-closet, 32 Water-gas, 220 Water-pipe, 270 Weather-vane, 260 Weekly staff, 133 Welsh pits, 14 West Indies, 173 Weymouth, 247 Wheel shed, 57 Whistler, the artist, 237 Wiltshire, 158 Witney, 13 Worcester, 92 Works’ Institute, 135 Wye, river, 22 Yankee hammers, 133

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A WILTSHIRE VILLAGE By ALFRED WILLIAMS

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“A book which is as charming as it is uncommon. Makes a deep appeal to the naturalist and lover of the country. Mr Williams writes of what he knows, and that fact adds a special value to his book.” — Field.

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“The author is on friendly terms with all the oldest inhabitants. He draws vivid pictures, tells many delightful stories. The book is one of great interest, and we should be glad to see others of a similar sort.” — Athenæum.

“Especially has he been successful in his portraits of old characters with whom he has talked. He is good on farm customs, good, too, when he writes of the lore of the countryside. The whole life of the country lives in his book, which is a valuable and delightful book, and should be bought by everyone who loves the country: bought because it is emphatically a book to read many times and to special friends.” — Observer.

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“We have only one quarrel with the Author of Villages of the White Horse: the book should have been twice as long. With a genuineness which is not inevitably behind the reviewers’ summing up, we bear testimony to its sterling qualities — its simple strength of style, its sweetness, its fine balance, its sanity of outlook, its flashes of rollicking humour, its informativeness, its warm sympathy and quick comprehension, and its unfailing gentle charm.” — Wiltshire Advertiser.

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“Mr Alfred Williams’ position as a poet is fully established.” — Times.

“That remarkable poet, Mr Alfred Williams, adds another triumph to his list of volumes of verse.” — Daily Citizen.

“Mr Williams is one of those writers whose books we often pull down from their place when the town lies heavy on the heart.” — Observer.

“Mr Williams is a simple and a genuine poet, simple because he is not tempted away into decorative effects alien from the spontaneity of his lyrical impulse, and genuine because he breathes the utmost strength of his spirit into every line and phrase. He is circumscribed neither in the concentration nor the intensity of this impulse, but in its range. The energy and feeling which quicken his expression are sufficient in themselves to create a responsiveness in the reader which registers the vicissitudes in the mood and sensibilities of the poet. That is a great quality. Mr Williams’ strength lies in the clear and exquisite treatment of a common sentiment.” — The Nation.

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“The serious manliness and good sense of these pieces are qualities so rare in the verse of to-day that when we find them they have a sort of exotic piquancy. There are times when Mr Williams wears with grace the mantle of the Jacobeans.” — Spectator.

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NATURE AND OTHER POEMS By ALFRED WILLIAMS

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“The expression of a mystical exaltation of spirit. Truth and sincerity are the impulse of Mr Williams’ poems.” — Edinburgh Review.

“A rare blend of Goth and Latin.” — English Review.

“Mr Williams’ work has the passionate throbbing purity of the later Richard Jefferies.” — Bookman.

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