In 1 volume, crown 8vo., handsomely bound in cloth, and gilt, price 7_s_.
6_d_.; or in cloth, and not gilt (Second Edition), price 5_s_. 6_d_.,
The Severn Valley; A Series of Sketches. Descriptive and Pictorial, of
the entire Course of the Severn, containing Notices of its Topographical,
Industrial, and Geological Features, with Glances at its Historical and
Legendary Associations. By JOHN RANDALL, F.G.S.
"This work will be an admirable guide-book for the tourist, and is so
beautifully printed as to be worthy of a place on any drawing-room table,
although the price is modestly fixed at 7_s_. 6_d_. only. Mr. Randall
sketches landscapes with artistic taste, lingers here and there for
anecdote, drops in at the wayside hostelry, and picks up pleasant chit-
chat on angling and other subjects. He is evidently a lover of nature,
and possesses a pleasing style of demonstrating his devotion in
print."--_Worcester Herald_.
"Mr. Randall's style is pure and unaffected; it flows equably and
cheerfully along as the river he so lovingly describes. To tourists this
elegant and interesting book will prove an invaluable companion, and as
such we cordially commend _it_."--_Eddowes's Journal_.
"This is a valuable addition to the story of literary information
connected with this and neighbouring counties, and we doubt not the work
will prove as popular as undoubtedly it is interesting."--_Worcestershire
Chronicle_.
"The author has made judicious selection of the abundant materials
presented, and draws a series of graphic and pleasing pictures of all the
more noticeable features of the country which are to be found along the
extensive and meandering course of the Severn."--_Gloucester Journal_.
"The book which has furnished our theme is perhaps the best account of
the Severn and the Severn Valley in existence."--_Gloucester Chronicle_.
"Always easy and flowing, and sometimes approaching almost to the force
of poetry in its simple elegance of expression, the legendary and
historical associations which belong to the scenery of the Severn blend
naturally with the most glowing pictures of descriptive beauty, and there
is never any appearance of labour or constraint."--_Shrewsbury
Chronicle_.
"The ground--which to the great majority of tourists must be
comparatively new--presents some of the finest scenery in the kingdom.
Its antiquities, its historical and legendary associations, are full of
interest; whilst to the student of nature, whether his special subject be
geology or botany, it is no less rich and attractive. On all these
subjects, as well as on the industrial features of the district, Mr.
Randall is at home."--_Shropshire News_.
"Mr. Randall is a good guide. He is thoroughly acquainted with his
subject. He has long been familiar with the Severn Valley, and knows its
geology, its traditions, its historic records, its myths, its poetry, and
its loveliest scenes. On all these topics he dilates with the freshness
which ever arises from deep love."--_Literary Companion_.
"An itinerary abounding with interesting material of a very varied kind,
of which the author has availed himself to write a most agreeable guide-
book."--_Art-Journal_.
"We can most conscientiously recommend it to our readers, for there is
food for all tastes and temperaments in its ever-varying pages. For a
day's out to any place on the Severn, we do not know a better
guide."--_Birmingham Post_.
"The wood-cuts, though small, are artistically drawn and neatly
engraved."--_Army and Navy Gazette_.