Middlesex; . But I nowsee Tottenham Cross, and our short walk hither shallput a period to my too long discourse. It is as wellwe are not bound to enter the County of London, sincethere the Lea would bring us to Hackney Marsh, 159 Middlesex perhaps the most unlovely spot of Middlesex soil—onewhich some examiners, indeed, might propose tobracket with Staines Moor, that at least deserves afroxime accessit. Such blotches, however, are exceptional, and betweenthose dismal flats on the most distant edges of thecounty so recklessly libelled as all ugly, it hasbeen shown how one can find much pleasant


Middlesex; . But I nowsee Tottenham Cross, and our short walk hither shallput a period to my too long discourse. It is as wellwe are not bound to enter the County of London, sincethere the Lea would bring us to Hackney Marsh, 159 Middlesex perhaps the most unlovely spot of Middlesex soil—onewhich some examiners, indeed, might propose tobracket with Staines Moor, that at least deserves afroxime accessit. Such blotches, however, are exceptional, and betweenthose dismal flats on the most distant edges of thecounty so recklessly libelled as all ugly, it hasbeen shown how one can find much pleasant andnot a little charming scenery of a truly Englishtype. If a jury of my fellow-countymen and gentlereaders be not now ready to give a verdict of slanderagainst Cobbett, let them go forth to examine with theirown eyes the evidence on which I have been ablefaithfully to discharge my duty as advocate forMiddlesex. To-morrow to fresh woods and pastures new ! THE END BILLING AND SONS, LTD., PRINTERS, GUILDFORD. LA C KS B EAUT! FUL B O O KS ALL WITH FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR THE 20s. SERIES ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED Size 0 6^ ins. Painted and Described ).yli^ANCEs E. r Algeria and Tunis 70 ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLdUK Described by Sir Martin CdnwayPainted by A. D. The Alps 70 FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR By J. Lewis Bonhote, , , (Member of tht British Ornithologists Union) Birds of Britain lOQ FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR Selected by H. E. Dresser\iy H. M. CuNDALL, 1,, BirKet Foster 100 FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS (o\ER 70 IN CiJLOUK) AND MANY SKETCHES IN THE TEXT Painted by MoRTirtiER Menpes, , by Dokothy IMenpes Brittany 75 FULL-[AGE ILLUSTl^ATIONS IN COLOUR Painted and Described byR. Keii V, Burma 75 FULL-PAGE ILLUSTJ^AITONS IN COLOUR Painted by Henry B. WimbushDescribed by Edith F. Carey The Channel Islands 76 FULL-PACiK [LLUSTI-:ATIl>NS IN COLHUR Painted by Mary Y. Hunter and


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