Excerpt from A Month in England So complete is the system of English railways, that four weeks judiciously appropriated, during the intervals of business or social engagements, will enable the American, in London, to visit and thoroughly explore a specimen, at least, of what is peculiar in the country; he may thus become ao quainted with a large rural domain, a manufacturing district, an ancient castle, a watering-place, and a venerable seat of learning; and these excursions will alternate profitably with, metropolitan life. It may seem, however, quite superfluous to record the impressions derived from an experience now become so familiar; and only when a new point of view is adopted, can they be supposed to have any interest for the public. In the present instance, well-known scenes have been examined chiefly through the me dium of the associations we derive from English authors, and some new details of local and imme diate significance added. If many of the subjects discussed in these pages, are without the charm of novelty, it is hoped the light in which they are viewed will give them, to some minds, more dis tinct and genial tints. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.