The Rural Life of England
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1. Front matter2. PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.3. LIST OF EMBELLISHMENTS.4. CHAPTER I. PRE-EMINENCE OF ENGLAND AS A PLACE OF COUNTRY RESIDENCE.5. CHAPTER II. ENVIABLE POSITION OF THE ENGLISH COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, AS REGARDS ALL THE PLEASURES AND ADVANTAGES OF LIFE.6. CHAPTER III. LIFE OF THE GENTRY IN THE COUNTRY.7. CHAPTER IV. THE ROUTINE OF COUNTRY SPORTS.8. CHAPTER V. SCIENTIFIC FARMING.9. CHAPTER VI. PLANTING.10. CHAPTER VII. GARDENS.11. CHAPTER VIII. COUNTRY EXCITEMENTS.12. CHAPTER I. THE ENGLISH FARMER.13. CHAPTER II. THE ENGLISH FARMER, AS OPERATED UPON BY MODERN CAUSES AND THEORIES.14. CHAPTER III. FARM-SERVANTS.15. CHAPTER IV. THE BONDAGE SYSTEM OF THE NORTH OF ENGLAND.16. CHAPTER V. THE TERRORS OF A SOLITARY HOUSE.17. CHAPTER VI. MIDSUMMER IN THE FIELDS.18. CHAPTER I. GIPSIES.19. CHAPTER II. NOOKS OF THE WORLD; OR, A PEEP INTO THE BACK SETTLEMENTS OF ENGLAND.20. CHAPTER III. NOOKS OF THE WORLD: LIFE IN THE DALES OF LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE.21. CHAPTER IV. OLD ENGLISH HOUSES.22. CHAPTER V. HARDWICK HALL.23. CHAPTER VI. ANNESLEY HALL AND HUCKNALL.24. CHAPTER VII. NEWSTEAD.25. CHAPTER VIII. CHARACTERISTICS OF PARK SCENERY.26. CHAPTER I. THE LOVE OF THE SUBLIME AND BEAUTIFUL IN NATURE MORE EMINENTLY DEVELOPED IN MODERN LITERATURE THAN IN THE CLASSICAL.27. CHAPTER II. THE PRE-EMINENCE OF THE LOVE OF NATURE IN THE ENGLISH LITERATURE OVER THAT OF ALL OTHER MODERN NATIONS—THE PROMOTION OF THIS PASSION BY THE WRITINGS OF PROFESSOR WILSON, IN BLACKWOOD’S MAGAZINE; AND BY THE WOOD-CUTS OF BEWICK—MEANS OF STILL FURTHER ENCOURAGING IT.28. CHAPTER III. THE PRESENT STATE OF WOOD-ENGRAVING AS IT REGARDS RURAL SUBJECTS.29. CHAPTER I. THE FORESTS OF ENGLAND.30. CHAPTER II. NEW FOREST.31. CHAPTER III. SHERWOOD FOREST.32. CHAPTER IV. FOREST ENCLOSURES.33. CHAPTER V. WILD ENGLISH CATTLE.34. CHAPTER I. COTTAGE LIFE.35. CHAPTER II. POPULAR FESTIVALS AND FESTIVITIES.36. CHAPTER III. MAY-DAY.37. CHAPTER IV. EASTER FESTIVITIES.38. CHAPTER V. WHITSUNTIDE.39. CHAPTER VI. CHRISTMAS.40. CHAPTER VII. THE FAIRY SUPERSTITIONS.41. CHAPTER VIII. THE VILLAGE INN.42. CHAPTER IX. POPULAR PLACES OF RESORT.—WAKES, STATUTES, AND FAIRS.43. CHAPTER X. THE RURAL WATERING-PLACE.44. CHAPTER XI. SPORTS AND PASTIMES OF THE PEOPLE. HISTORY OF THEIR CHANGES, AND PRESENT STATE.45. CHAPTER XII. WRESTLING.46. CHAPTER XIII. FAVOURITE PURSUITS OF ENGLISH COTTAGERS AND WORKMEN.47. CHAPTER XIV. SUNDAY IN THE COUNTRY.48. CHAPTER XV. CHEAP PLEASURES OF COUNTRY LIFE.49. CHAPTER XVI. LINGERING CUSTOMS.50. CHAPTER XVII. EDUCATION OF THE RURAL POPULATION.51. CHAPTER XVIII. CONCLUDING CHAPTER.52. WORKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR.53. Transcriber’s Notes