1910 UNTRODDEN ENGLISH WAYS BY HENRY C. SHELLEY 66 -PATHS AUTHOR OF LITERARY BY - PATHS IN OLD ENGLAND," With Four Full-Page Plates in Colour, LC BOSTON LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY 1908 PREFACE IN selecting a collective title for the following chapters it has been found impossible, at any rate by the author, to search out a collocation of words more comprehensive than the one which stands on the title page. That it is open to an objection is frankly admitted. By no license can Poets' Corner be described as untrodden," and that adjective may also be inappropriate in one or two additional instances. Nevertheless, and apart altogether from the plea which might be based on the fact that few books conform faithfully to their titles, it may be claimed that "Untrodden English Ways" accurately describes nine-tenths of the volume's contents. The best test of this will be for the reader to consider what measure of acquaintance he has with the various places described. He will know more of England than the average Englishman, and greatly exceed the knowledge of the |