. Vanishing England . A *M«. 88 VANISHING ENGLAND rural England, abounding with old houses. The wholecountryside literally teems with picturesque evidences ofthe past life and history of England. Ancient landmarksand associations are so numerous that it is difficult tomention a few without seeming to ignore unfairly theirequally interesting neighbours. Let us take the Londonroad, which enters the shire from Middlesex and makesfor Aylesbury, a meandering road with patches of scenerystrongly suggestive of Birket Fosters landscapes. Downa turning at the foot of the lovely Chiltern Hills lies thes
. Vanishing England . A *M«. 88 VANISHING ENGLAND rural England, abounding with old houses. The wholecountryside literally teems with picturesque evidences ofthe past life and history of England. Ancient landmarksand associations are so numerous that it is difficult tomention a few without seeming to ignore unfairly theirequally interesting neighbours. Let us take the Londonroad, which enters the shire from Middlesex and makesfor Aylesbury, a meandering road with patches of scenerystrongly suggestive of Birket Fosters landscapes. Downa turning at the foot of the lovely Chiltern Hills lies thesecluded village of Chalfont St. Giles. Here Milton, thepoet, sought refuge from plague-stricken London amonga colony of his friends, and here remains, in a veryperfect state, the cottage in which he lived and was visitedby Andrew Marvel. It is said that his neighbour Elwood,one of the Quaker fraternity, suggested the idea of Para-dise Regained, and that the draft of the latter poemwas written upon a great oak table which may
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