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William Howitt. The Rural Life of England
The Rural Life of England
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. PRE-EMINENCE OF ENGLAND AS A PLACE OF COUNTRY RESIDENCE
CHAPTER II. ENVIABLE POSITION OF THE ENGLISH COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, AS REGARDS ALL THE PLEASURES AND ADVANTAGES OF LIFE
CHAPTER III. LIFE OF THE GENTRY IN THE COUNTRY
CHAPTER IV. THE ROUTINE OF COUNTRY SPORTS
A WORD WITH THE TOO SENSITIVE
CHAPTER V. SCIENTIFIC FARMING
CHAPTER VI. PLANTING
CHAPTER VII. GARDENS
CHAPTER VIII. COUNTRY EXCITEMENTS
PART II. LIFE OF THE AGRICULTURAL POPULATION
CHAPTER I. THE ENGLISH FARMER
CHAPTER II. THE ENGLISH FARMER, AS OPERATED UPON BY MODERN CAUSES AND THEORIES
CHAPTER III. FARM-SERVANTS
CHAPTER IV. THE BONDAGE SYSTEM OF THE NORTH OF ENGLAND
CHAPTER V. THE TERRORS OF A SOLITARY HOUSE
EXTRAORDINARY INTREPIDITY OF SIR JOHN PURCELL
CHAPTER VI. MIDSUMMER IN THE FIELDS
PART III. PICTURESQUE AND MORAL FEATURES OF THE COUNTRY
CHAPTER I. GIPSIES
GIPSIES OF NEW FOREST
GIPSIES OF FASHION
CHAPTER II. NOOKS OF THE WORLD; OR, A PEEP INTO THE BACK SETTLEMENTS OF ENGLAND
CHAPTER III. NOOKS OF THE WORLD: LIFE IN THE DALES OF LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE
CHAPTER IV. OLD ENGLISH HOUSES
CHAPTER V. HARDWICK HALL
CHAPTER VI. ANNESLEY HALL AND HUCKNALL
ANNESLEY HALL
CHAPTER VII. NEWSTEAD
CHAPTER VIII. CHARACTERISTICS OF PARK SCENERY
PART IV. CAUSES OF THE STRONG ATTACHMENT OF THE ENGLISH TO COUNTRY LIFE
CHAPTER I. THE LOVE OF THE SUBLIME AND BEAUTIFUL IN NATURE MORE EMINENTLY DEVELOPED IN MODERN LITERATURE THAN IN THE CLASSICAL
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
CHAPTER III. THE PRESENT STATE OF WOOD-ENGRAVING AS IT REGARDS RURAL SUBJECTS
PART V. THE FORESTS OF ENGLAND
CHAPTER I. THE FORESTS OF ENGLAND
CHAPTER II. NEW FOREST
CHAPTER III. SHERWOOD FOREST
CHAPTER IV. FOREST ENCLOSURES
CHAPTER V. WILD ENGLISH CATTLE
PART VI. HABITS, AMUSEMENTS, AND CONDITION OF THE PEOPLE
CHAPTER I. COTTAGE LIFE
CHAPTER II. POPULAR FESTIVALS AND FESTIVITIES
CHAPTER III. MAY-DAY
CHAPTER IV. EASTER FESTIVITIES
CHAPTER V. WHITSUNTIDE
CHAPTER VI. CHRISTMAS
CHAPTER VII. THE FAIRY SUPERSTITIONS
CHAPTER VIII. THE VILLAGE INN
CHAPTER IX. POPULAR PLACES OF RESORT.—WAKES, STATUTES, AND FAIRS
STATUTES
FAIRS
CHAPTER X. THE RURAL WATERING-PLACE
CHAPTER XI. SPORTS AND PASTIMES OF THE PEOPLE. HISTORY OF THEIR CHANGES, AND PRESENT STATE
CHAPTER XII. WRESTLING
CHAPTER XIII. FAVOURITE PURSUITS OF ENGLISH COTTAGERS AND WORKMEN
CHAPTER XIV. SUNDAY IN THE COUNTRY
CHAPTER XV. CHEAP PLEASURES OF COUNTRY LIFE
CHAPTER XVI. LINGERING CUSTOMS
CHAPTER XVII. EDUCATION OF THE RURAL POPULATION
CHAPTER XVIII. CONCLUDING CHAPTER
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