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THE

STATELY HOMES OF ENGLAND


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THE STATELY
HOMES OF ENGLAND

BY

LLEWELLYNN JEWITT, F.S.A., Etc., Etc.

AND

S. C. HALL, F.S.A.

COMPLETE IN TWO SERIES.

ILLUSTRATED WITH

THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD

NEW YORK
A. W. LOVERING, IMPORTER.


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INTRODUCTION.

ENGLAND is rich—immeasurably richer than any other countryunder the sun—in its “Homes;” and these homes, whether ofthe sovereign or of the high nobility, of the country squire or themerchant-prince, of the artisan or the labourer, whether, in fact, theyare palace or cottage, or of any intermediate grade, have a characterpossessed by none other. England, whose

“Home! sweet home!”

has become almost a national anthem—so closely is its sentimententwined around the hearts of the people of every class—is, indeed,emphatically a Kingdom of Homes; and these, and their associations andsurroundings, and the love which is felt for them, are its main sourceof true greatness. An Englishman feels, wherever he may be, that

“Home is home, however lowly;”

and that, despite the attractions of other countries and the glare andbrilliancy of foreign courts and foreign phases of society, after all

“There’s no place like home”

in his own old fatherland.

Beautifully has the gifted poet, Mrs. Hemans, sung of English“Homes,” and charmingly has she said—

“The Stately Homes of England,

How beautiful they stand

Amidst their tall ancestral trees

O’er all the pleasant land!”

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and thus given to us a title for our present work. Of these “StatelyHomes” of our “pleasant land” we have chosen some few for illustration,not for their stateliness alone, but bec

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