The Lake Counties

Abstract

THIS little volume—the fourth of the series to which it belongs—will be found invaluable to all who visit the Lake District. In addition to being an excellent guide, with a number of itineraries and many maps, it contains four chapters on the natural history of the district, the birds being described by Miss Armitt, the butterflies and moths by Canon Crewdson, the flora by Mr. S. L. Petty, and the geology by Prof. Hull. In the chapters on fox-hunting, angling and shooting, the sportsman will find abundant matter for interest, according to his particular taste. This volume fully maintains the high reputation of its predecessors, and is, in fact, all that a guide should be. Those tourists who wish to go more deeply into the natural history of one of the most interesting and beautiful districts in England will find all they want in the more pretentious volume by the late Mr. Macpherson entitled “Lakeland.” The Lake Counties. By W. G. Collingwood. (Dent's County Guides.) Pp. xii + 392; illustrated. (London: J. M. Dent and Co.) Price 4s. 6d. net.