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                           THE ENGLISH LAKES
PAINTED BY A. HEATON COOPER • DESCRIBED BY WM. T. PALMER • PUBLISHED BY
               ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK • LONDON • MCMVIII


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                           AGENTS IN AMERICA
                         THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
                     64 & 66 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK

                     First Edition    _July_, 1905
                   Second Edition    _October_, 1908




                                CONTENTS


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                                  CHAPTER I
  INTRODUCTION                                                         1

                                  CHAPTER II
  BY STEAM YACHT ON WINDERMERE                                         9

                                 CHAPTER III
  BY WORDSWORTH’S ROTHAY                                              30

                                  CHAPTER IV
  RYDAL AND GRASMERE                                                  36

                                  CHAPTER V
  ESTHWAITE WATER AND OLD HAWKSHEAD                                   49

                                  CHAPTER VI
  CONISTON WATER                                                      60

                                 CHAPTER VII
  THE MOODS OF WASTWATER                                              79

                                 CHAPTER VIII
  THE GLORY OF ENNERDALE                                              98

                                  CHAPTER IX
  BY SOFT LOWESWATER                                                 106

                                  CHAPTER X
  CRUMMOCK WATER                                                     116

                                  CHAPTER XI
  BUTTERMERE                                                         