As It Is in England (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from As It Is in England I have not written an account of any one journey through England, nor have I made any attempt to describe the scenes along any one route. I have omitted London because it is too vast and varied a subject to be combined with any other, and I have made no reference to other cities, because cities such as are Liverpool and Manchester do not interest me. I have, however, gone where can best be found those places that give England her individuality, that are expressions of her difference from the rest of Europe in landscape, in tradition, and in ancient or modern life. In her islands of the Channel are strange survivals of the laws and customs of a remote Norman time, in Cornwall are curious monuments from a yet earlier day, and an atmosphere that at once differentiates it from any other spot, in the remoter villages is a singular charm, and a persistence of medieval ways, that make them, for both reasons, unique in the world, and most of all is she a land apart in the complete and tranquil beauty of her soft flowing rivers and in the peaceful serenity of her open country. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.