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Transcriber's Notes:

When italics were used in the original book, the corresponding text has
been surrounded by _underscores_.

Some presumed printer's errors have been corrected. In particular,
punctuation has been normalized and entries in the List of Illustrations
and in the Index were altered to match the main text. Further, a single
entry in the original List of Illustrations which referred to two
distinct maps was split into two entries (SCOTLAND and ENGLAND AND
WALES).

Other corrections are listed below with the original text (top) and the
replacement text (bottom):

                    p. 40 many quaint timbered house
                          many quaint timbered houses

                  p. 95 employe
                        employee

                  p. 249 Wordsworh
                         Wordsworth

                  p. 212 Fort Williams
                         Fort William

                  p. 311 appoach
                         approach

                  p. 350 July 5, 1585
                         July 5, 1685

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                              ON OLD-WORLD
                                HIGHWAYS

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                          _By the Same Author_

                   British Highways and Byways from a
                               Motor Car
                            THIRD IMPRESSION
              WITH FORTY-EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS AND TWO MAPS
       Sixteen Reproductions in Color, and Thirty-two Duogravures
                    320 Pages, 8vo, Decorated Cloth
                          Price (Boxed), $3.00

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                 In Unfamiliar England With a Motor Car
                           SECOND IMPRESSION
               WITH SIXTY-FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS AND TWO MAPS
       Sixteen Reproductions in Color and Forty-eight Duogravures
                    400 Pages, 8vo, Decorated Cloth
                          Price (Boxed), $3.00

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                 Three Wonderlands of the American West
                           SECOND IMPRESSION
              WITH FORTY-EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS AND TWO MAPS
       Sixteen Reproductions in Color and Thirty-two Duogravures
                  180 Pages, Tall 8vo, Decorated Cloth
                        Price (Boxed) $3.00 Net

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                          L. C. PAGE & COMPANY
                                 BOSTON

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 [Illustration: THE MOUNTAIN MEADOWS, BAVARIAN TYROL
 From original painting by the late John MacWhirter, R. A.]

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                         ON OLD-WORLD HIGHWAYS

           A Book of Motor Rambles in France and Germany and
               the Record of a Pilgrimage from Land's End
                      to John O'Groats in Britain.

                           BY THOS. D. MURPHY

          AUTHOR OF "THREE WONDERLANDS OF THE AMERICAN WEST,"
             "BRITISH HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS FROM A MOTOR CAR"
             AND "IN UNFAMILIAR ENGLAND WITH A MOTOR CAR."

           WITH SIXTEEN REPRODUCTIONS IN COLORS FROM ORIGINAL
           PAINTINGS BY EMINENT ARTISTS AND FORTY DUOGRAVURES
                      FROM PHOTOGRAPHS. ALSO MAPS
                       SHOWING ROUTES OF AUTHOR.

                             [Illustration]

                                 BOSTON
                          L. C. PAGE & COMPANY
                               PUBLISHERS
                               MDCCCCXIV

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                           _Copyright, 1914_
                        BY L. C. PAGE & COMPANY
                             (INCORPORATED)

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                         _All rights reserved_

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                    First Impression, January, 1914

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                                Preface


I know that of making books of travel there is no limit--they come from
the press in a never-ending stream; but no one can say that any one of
these is superfluous if it finds appreciative readers, even though they
be but few.

My chief excuse for the present volume is the success of my previous
books of motor travel, which have run through several fair-sized
editions. I have had many warmly appreciative letters concerning these
from native Englishmen and the books were commended by the Royal
Automobile Club Journal as accurate and readable. So I take it that my
point of view from the wheel of a motor car interests some people, and I
shall feel justified in writing such books so long as this is the case.

I know that in some instances I have had to deal with hackneyed
subjects; but I have striven for a different viewpoint and I hope I have
contributed something worth while in describing even well-known places.
On the other hand, I know that I have discovered many delightful nooks
and