I conclude with regret, because I have not said one half of [what I intended] to say; but I am sure you will deem my excuse sufficient, [when I] inform you that my head aches violently, and I am in other respects unwell.  I must, however, again give you my warmest thanks for your kind letter.  I shall be happy to hear from you again:  and do not think it unreasonable that I should request a letter from you, when I feel that the answer which I may make to it will not perhaps be above three or four lines.  This I mention to you with frankness, and you will not take it ill after what I have before said of my remissness in writing letters.

I am, dear Sir,
With great respect,
Yours sincerely,

          W. WORDSWORTH.[46]

[46] Memoirs, vol. i. pp. 192—­200.

IV.  DESCRIPTIVE.

(a) A GUIDE THROUGH THE DISTRICT OF THE LAKES.

(b) LETTERS, &c, ON KENDAL AND WINDERMERE RAILWAY.

NOTE.

See Preface in Vol.  I. for details on the ‘Guide’ and these Letters.  G.

A =GUIDE= THROUGH THE =DISTRICT OF THE LAKES= IN The North of England. 
WITH =A DESCRIPTION OF THE SCENERY, &c.= FOR THE USE OF =TOURISTS AND
RESIDENTS=.

* * * * *

=FIFTH EDITION=, WITH CONSIDERABLE ADDITIONS.

* * * * *

=BY WILLIAM WORDSWORTH=.

KENDAL:

PUBLISHED BY HUDSON AND NICHOLSON,

AND IN LONDON BY

LONGMAN & CO., MOXON, AND WHITTAKER & CO.

1835.

CONTENTS.

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DIRECTIONS AND INFORMATION FOR THE TOURIST.

Windermere.—­Ambleside.—­Coniston.—­Ulpha Kirk.—­Road from Ambleside to
Keswick.—­Grasmere.—­The Vale of Keswick.—­Buttermere and
Crummock.—­Lowes-water.—­Wastdale.—­Ullswater, with its tributary
Streams.—­Haweswater, &c.

DESCRIPTION OF THE SCENERY OF THE LAKES.

SECTION FIRST.

VIEW OR THE COUNTRY AS FORMED BY NATURE.

Vales diverging from a common Centre.—­Effect of Light and Shadow as dependant upon the Position of the Vales.—­Mountains,—­their Substance,—­Surfaces,—­and Colours.—­Winter Colouring.—­The Vales,—­Lakes,—&sh
y;Islands,—­Tarns,—­Woods,—­Rivers,—­Climate,—­Night.... p. 235

SECTION SECOND.

ASPECT OF THE COUNTRY AS AFFECTED BY ITS INHABITANTS.

Retrospect.—­Primitive Aspect.—­Roman and British Antiquities.—­Feudal Tenantry,—­their Habitations and Enclosures—­Tenantry reduced in Number by the Union of the Two Crowns.—­State of Society after that Event.—­Cottages,—­Bridges,—­Places of Worship,—­Parks and Mansions.—­General Picture of Society.... 256

SECTION THIRD.