



Produced by Al Haines










THE

DALES OF ARCADY



BY

DOROTHY UNA RATCLIFFE




ERSKINE MACDONALD, LTD.

LONDON, W.C.1




_All Rights Reserved_

_First published November 1918_




DEDICATED TO

THE FIRST YORKSHIREMAN I SET EYES ON

DADDY




  CONTENTS


  Prologue
  Daleshire
  On Otley Chevin
  The Song of Nidderdale
  Song of the Mists
  Wander-Thirst
  The Road
  The Swaling of the Moor
  The Moors in Summer
  My Herbary
  Rushes
  Satan and I
  To the Wind
  Saadi and the Rose
  The Difference
  Song of the Primroses
  Lilies
  The Pear-Tree
  Beggar's Gold
  On Early Rising