England, Picturesque and Descriptive: A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel

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ALTON TOWERS.
ALTON TOWERS.
ENGLAND,
PICTURESQUE AND DESCRIPTIVE.
A
REMINISCENCE OF FOREIGN TRAVEL.
By JOEL COOK,
AUTHOR OF "A HOLIDAY TOUR IN EUROPE," "BRIEF SUMMER
RAMBLES," ETC.
OLD MILL AT SELBORNE.
WITH NEARLY FIVE HUNDRED ILLUSTRATIONS.
PHILADELPHIA;
PORTER AND COATES.
Copyright
By PORTER & COATES,
1882.
Press of Henry B. Ashmead, Philada.
Electrotyped by Westcott & Thomson, Philada.
TO
JOHN WALTER, Esq.,

MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FOR BERKSHIRE,
AND
PROPRIETOR OF THE LONDON TIMES,
WHO HAS DONE SO MUCH TO WELCOME AMERICANS
WITH TRUE ENGLISH HOSPITALITY,
AND TO
GIVE ENGLISHMEN A MORE ACCURATE KNOWLEDGE OF,
AND MORE INTIMATE RELATIONS WITH,
THE UNITED STATES,
This Work on England,
BY AN AMERICAN,
IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED.
INTRODUCTION.
No land possesses greater attractions for the American
tourist than England. It was the home of his forefathers;
its history is to a great extent the history of his own
country; and he is bound to it by the powerful ties of
consanguinity, language, laws, and customs. When the
American treads the busy London streets, threads the
intricacies of the Liverpool docks and shipping, wanders
along the green lanes of Devonshire, climbs Alnwick's
castellated walls, or floats upon the placid bosom of the
picturesque Wye, he seems almost as much at home as in his
native land. But, apart from these considerations of
common Anglo-Saxon paternity, no country in the world is
more
interesting
to
the
intelligent
traveller
than

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