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COMPLETE GUIDE

TO THE

ENGLISH LAKES,

WITH

Minute Directions for Tourists;

AND

MR. WORDSWORTH'S

DESCRIPTION OF THE SCENERY OF THE COUNTRY, ETC.;

ALSO,

Five Letters

ON THE

GEOLOGY OF THE LAKE DISTRICT,

BY THE

REV. PROFESSOR SEDGWICK.

FIFTH EDITION.

EDITED BY JOHN HUDS

KENDAL:

PUBLISHED BY THOMAS B. HUDSON.

London:

LONGMAN AND CO., AND WHITTAKER AND CO.

ADVERTISEMENT.

ENCOURAGED by the steady sale which has rapidly exhausted the Fourth Edition of this Work, the Publisher has spared no pains to introduce into the present impression such alterations and additions as seemed to him calculated to add to its interest and usefulness. In particular he may mention the many additional and beautifully engraved Plates with which this Edition is embellished, and which he thinks will add very materially to the value of the Work.

It has been his aim to combine in the present volume not only an accurate "Guide to the Lakes," in the strict sense of the phrase-a book which will be useful to the Visitor during his tour,-but which also, by containing, in addition, subjects of abiding interest, shall be worthy a permanent place in the library.

The distinguished authorship of a considerable portion of the Work enables the Publisher to hope that he has gained his object. "The Introduction,"-" The Description of the Lake Scenery"—and much of the "Directions and Information for the Tourist," are from the pen of the late

Mr. WORDSWORTH, a name now inseparably connected with the district of the English Lakes, the beauties of which he has so admirably illustrated both in prose and "immortal verse."

PROFESSOR SEDGWICK has kindly furnished another Letter in addition to the Four which have already appeared in former Editions of this Work, containing his latest investigations in this complicated Geological country; together with an Appendix containing a list of the Igneous Dykes and the Fossil Organic Remains of the District. The value and interest of any production from the Professor's vigorous and lucid pen need not be pointed out.

THOMAS GOUGH, Esq., of Reston Hall, near Kendal, (who bears a name well known in the botanical world,) has kindly contributed lists of the rarer plants which the tourist may meet with in his rambles. To the same friend the Publisher is indebted for a copious list of the Land and Fresh-water Shells of the district, which will be interesting to the Naturalist.

The outline Diagrams of the Lake Hills (taken from certain well-known points of view) are from the pencil of Mr. FLINTOFT, of Keswick, whose accurate knowledge of the Lake District is proved by his beautiful Model of the country, which has been the admiration of so many Tourists.

The interesting chapter on the derivation of local names has been supplied by Mr. NICHOLSON.

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