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You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: The Illustrated Works Of Gordon Home A Linked Index to the Project Gutenberg Editions Author: Gordon Home Editor: David Widger Release Date: May 24, 2009 [EBook #28959] Last Updated: January 5, 2019 Language: English Character set encoding: UTF-8 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ILLUSTRATED WORKS OF GORDON HOME *** Produced by David Widger INDEX OF THE ILLUSTRATED WORKS OF GORDON HOME Author and Painter AN ON-LINE INDEX Edited by David Widger Gordon Home (1878-1969) Project Gutenberg Editions cover DOWNLOAD Click on the DOWNLOAD button above if you would like to download this Index to your hard disk and save it there with all the volumes of the entire set. Following these DOWNLOAD INSTRUCTIONS will allow the index file to link to all the volumes and chapters in the HTML files on your computer when you are off-line. 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CONTENTS Click on the ## before each title to go directly to a linked index of the detailed chapters and illustrations ## Normandy ## Yorkshire ## Yorkshire—Coast and Moorlands ## England of My Heart—Spring ## Beautiful Britain ## The Evolution Of An English Town ## FRANCE ## THE MOTOR ROUTES OF ENGLAND ## THE MOTOR ROUTES OF FRANCE ## THE INVASIONS OF ENGLAND ## THE ENGLISH LAKES; A SKETCH-BOOK ## STRATFORD-ON-AVON; A SKETCH-BOOK ## WINCHESTER; A SKETCH-BOOK ## YORK; A SKETCH-BOOK ## THE INNS OF COURT ## YORKSHIRE DALES AND FELLS ## YORKSHIRE VALES AND WOLDS VOLUMES, CHAPTERS AND STORIES Normandy PREFACE LIST OF COLOURED ILLUSTRATIONS LIST OF LINE ILLUSTRATIONS CHAPTER I Some Features of Normandy CHAPTER II By the Banks of the Seine CHAPTER III Concerning Rouen, the Ancient Capital of Normandy CHAPTER IV Concerning the Cathedral City of Evreux and the Road to Bernay CHAPTER V Concerning Lisieux and the Romantic Town of Falaise CHAPTER VI From Argentan to Avranches CHAPTER VII Concerning Mont St Michel CHAPTER VIII Concerning Coutances and Some Parts of the Cotentin CHAPTER IX Concerning St Lo and Bayeux CHAPTER X Concerning Caen and the Coast Towards Trouville CHAPTER XI Some Notes on the History of Normandy LIST OF COLOURED ILLUSTRATIONS MONT ST MICHEL FROM THE CAUSEWAY ON THE ROAD BETWEEN CONCHES AND BEAUMONT-LE-ROGER This is typical of the poplar-bordered roads of Normandy. THE CHATEAU GAILLARD FROM THE ROAD BY THE SEINE The village of Le Petit Andely appears below the castle rock, and is partly hidden by the island. The chalk cliffs on the left often look like ruined walls. A TYPICAL REACH OF THE SEINE BETWEEN ROUEN AND LE PETIT ANDELY On one side great chalk cliffs rise precipitously, and on the other are broad flat pastures. THE CHURCH AT GISORS, SEEN FROM THE WALLS OF THE NORMAN CASTLE THE TOUR DE LA GROSSE HORLOGE, ROUEN It is the Belfry of the City, and was commenced in 1389. THE CATHEDRAL AT ROUEN Showing a peep of the Portail de la Calende, and some of the quaint houses of the oldest part of the City. THE CATHEDRAL OF EVREUX SEEN FROM ABOVE On the right, just where the light touches some of the roofs of the houses, the fine old belfry can be seen. A TYPICAL FARMYARD SCENE IN NORMANDY The curious little thatched mushroom above the cart is to be found in most of the Norman farms. THE BRIDGE AT BEAUMONT-LE-ROGER On the steep hill beyond stands the ruined abbey church. IN THE RUE AUX FEVRES, LISIEUX The second tiled gable from the left belongs to the fine sixteenth century house called the Manoir de Francois I. THE CHURCH OF ST JACQUES AT LISIEUX One of the quaint umber fronted houses for which the town is famous appears on the left. FALAISE CASTLE The favourite stronghold of William the Conqueror. THE PORTE DES CORDELIERS AT FALAISE A thirteenth century gateway that overlooks the steep valley of the Ante. THE CHATEAU D'O A seventeenth century manor house surrounded by a wide moat. THE GREAT VIEW OVER THE FORESTS TO THE SOUTH FROM THE RAMPARTS OF DOMFRONT CASTLE Down below can be seen the river Varennes, and to the left of the railway the little Norman Church of Notre-Dame-sur-l'Eau. THE CLOCK GATE, VIRE A VIEW OF MONT ST MICHEL AND THE BAY OF CANCALE FROM THE JARDIN DES PLANTES AT AVRANCHES On the left is the low coast-line of Normandy, and on the right appears the islet of Tombelaine. THE LONG MAIN STREET OF COUTANCES In the foreground is the Church of St Pierre, and in the distance is the Cathedral. THE GREAT WESTERN TOWERS OF THE CHURCH OF NOTRE DAME AT ST LO They are of different dates, and differ in the arcading and other ornament. THE NORMAN TOWERS OF BAYEUX CATHEDRAL OUISTREHAM LIST OF LINE ILLUSTRATIONS THE CHATELET AND LA MERVEILLE AT MONT ST MICHEL The dark opening through the archway on the left is the main entrance to the Abbey. On the right can be seen the tall narrow windows that light the three floors of Abbot Jourdain's great work. THE DISUSED CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS AT CAEN A COURTYARD IN THE RUE DE BAYEUX AT CAEN Yorkshire CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII CHAPTER XIII CHAPTER XIV CHAPTER XV CHAPTER XVI CHAPTER XVII CHAPTER XVIII CHAPTER XIX CHAPTER XX CHAPTER XXI CHAPTER XXII CHAPTER XXIII CHAPTER XXIV CHAPTER XXV ILLUSTRATIONS York from the Central Tower of The Minster Sleights Moor from Swart Houe Cross Runswick Bay Robin Hood's Bay Sunrise from Staithes Beck The Red Roofs of Whitby Whitby Abbey from the Cliffs An Autumn Day at Guisborough The Skelton Valley In Pickering Church The Market-place, Helmsley Richmond Castle from the River A Rugged View Above Wensleydale A Jacobean House at Askrigg Aysgarth Force View up Wensleydale from Leyburn Shawl Ripon Minster from the South Fountains Abbey Knaresborough Bolton Abbey, Wharfedale Settle Wolds Filey Brig The Outermost Point of Flamborough Head Hornsea Mere The Market-place, Beverley Patrington Church Coxwold Village The West Front of the Church Of Byland Abbey Bootham Bar, York Kirkstall Abbey, Leeds Yorkshire—Coast and Moorlands CHAPTER I ACROSS THE MOORS FROM PICKERING TO WHITBY CHAPTER II ALONG THE ESK VALLEY CHAPTER III THE COAST FROM WHITBY TO REDCAR CHAPTER IV THE COAST FROM WHITBY TO SCARBOROUGH CHAPTER V SCARBOROUGH CHAPTER VI WHITBY CHAPTER VII THE CLEVELAND HILLS CHAPTER VIII GUISBOROUGH AND THE SKELTON VALLEY CHAPTER IX FROM PICKERING TO RIEVAULX ABBEY England of My Heart— Spring INTRODUCTION CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII CHAPTER XIII CHAPTER XIV CHAPTER XV CHAPTER XVI CHAPTER XVII CHAPTER XVIII CHAPTER XIX CHAPTER XX CHAPTER XXI LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Shooters' Hill Dartford Church and Bridge The Gateway of the Monastery Close, Rochester Rochester Canterbury Cathedral from Christchurch Gate West Gate, Canterbury On the Stour Near Canterbury Chilham A Corner of Romney Marsh Rye Winchelsea Church Battle Abbey Lewes Castle The Downs The Weald of Sussex, North Of Lewes Arundel Castle The Market Cross, Chichester Bosham The Tudor House, Opposite St Michael's Church, Southampton In the New Forest Romsey Abbey North Transept, Winchester Cathedral St Cross, Winchester Selborne from the Hanger Beautiful Britain CHAPTER PAGE I. THE PILGRIM'S APPROACH TO THE CITY 5 II. THE STORY OF CANTERBURY 9 III. THE CATHEDRAL 40 IV. THE CITY 56 INDEX LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PLATE 1. THE NAVE OF CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL Frontispiece FACING PAGE 2. CHRIST CHURCH GATE 9 3. THE CATHEDRAL FROM NORTH-WEST 16 4. THE "ANGEL" OR "BELL HARRY" TOWER AND THE LAVATORY TOWER OF THE CATHEDRAL 25 5. THE CHAPEL OF "OUR LADY" IN THE UNDERCROFT OF THE CATHEDRAL 27 6. THE WARRIOR'S CHAPEL 30 7. THE MARTYRDOM IN THE NORTH-WEST TRANSEPT 32 8. THE DOORWAY FROM THE CLOISTERS TO THE MARTYRDOM 43 9. THE GREYFRIARS' HOUSE IN CANTERBURY 46 10. THE HOUSE OF THE CANTERBURY WEAVERS 49 11. WESTGATE CANTERBURY FROM WITHIN 56 12. THE NORMAN STAIRCASE TO THE KING'S SCHOOL O n the cover 13. PLAN OF CANTERBURY. 5 14. PLAN OF CANTERBURY CASTLE. 63 The Evolution Of An English Town PREFACE. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. INTRODUCTION CHAPTER I CONCERNING THOSE WHICH FOLLOW CHAPTER II THE FOREST AND VALE OF PICKERING IN PALAEOLITHIC AND PRE- GLACIAL TIMES CHAPTER III THE VALE OF PICKERING IN THE LESSER ICE AGE CHAPTER IV THE EARLY INHABITANTS OF THE FOREST AND VALE OF PICKERING CHAPTER V HOW THE ROMAN OCCUPATION OF BRITAIN AFFECTED THE FOREST AND VALE OF PICKERING, B.C. 55 TO A.D. 418 CHAPTER VI THE FOREST AND VALE IN SAXON TIMES, A.D. 418 TO 1066 CHAPTER VII THE FOREST AND VALE IN NORMAN TIMES, A.D. 1066 TO 1154 CHAPTER VIII THE FOREST AND VALE IN THE TIME OF THE PLANTAGENETS, A.D. 1154 TO 1485 CHAPTER IX THE FOREST AND VALE IN TUDOR TIMES, A.D. 1485 TO 1603 CHAPTER X THE FOREST AND VALE IN STUART TIMES, A.D. 1603 TO 1714 CHAPTER XI THE FOREST AND VALE IN GEORGIAN TIMES, A.D. 1714 TO 1837 CHAPTER XII THE FOREST AND VALE FROM EARLY VICTORIAN TIMES UP TO THE PRESENT DAY, A.D. 1837 TO 1905 CHAPTER XIII Concerning the Villages and Scenery of the Forest and Vale of Pickering CHAPTER XIV Concerning the Zoology of the Forest and Vale LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Pickering From The North-West Rosamund Tower, Pickering Castle Kirkdale Cave Hyænas' Jaws Elephants' Teeth Bear's Tusk Pickering Lake in Ice Age Newtondale in Ice Age Pickering Lake, Eastern End Scamridge Dykes Pre-Historic Weapons Leaf-shaped Arrow Head Lake Dwellings Relics Remains of Pre-Historic Animals from Lake Dwellings Skeleton of Bronze Age A Quern Urns in Pickering Museum Sketch Map of Roman Road and Camps The Tower of Middleton Church Ancient Font and Crosses Saxon Sundial at Kirkdale Saxon Sundial at Edstone Pre-Norman Remains near Pickering Saxon Stones at Kirkdale Saxon Stones at Sinnington South Side of the Nave of Pickering Church Norman Doorway at Salton Norman Work at Ellerburne The Crypt at Lastingham Norman Font at Edstone Wall Paintings in Pickering Church The Devil's Tower, Pickering Castle Wall Painting of St Christopher Wall Painting of St Edmund and Acts of Mercy Wall Painting of Herod's Feast and Martyrdom of St Thomas a Becket Effigy of Sir William Bruce Effigies in Bruce Chapel Holy Water Stoup in Pickering Church Sanctus Bell Cattle Marks Section of Fork Cottage Details of Fork Cottage Pickering Castle from the Keep Pre-Reformation Chalice Font at Pickering Church Alms Box at Pickering Church House in which Duke of Buckingham Died Maypole on Sinnington Green Inverted Stone Coffin at Wykeham Magic Cubes Newtondale, showing the Coach Railway Relics of Witchcraft A Love Garter Horn of the Sinnington Hunt Interior of the Oldest Type of Cottage Ingle-Nook at Gallow Hill Farm Autographs of Wordsworth and Mary Hutchinson Riding t' Fair Halbert and Spetum Old Key of Castle Pickering Shambles The Old Pickering Fire-Engine Market Cross at Thornton-le-Dale Lockton Village The Black Hole of Thornton-le-Dale Hutton Buscel Church Sketch Map of the Pickering District FRANCE By Gordon Home WITH 32 FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR 1914 CONTENTS CHAPTER I Page Introductory 1 CHAPTER II The Genesis and Characteristics of the French 6 CHAPTER III Family Life—Marriage and the Birth-rate 23 CHAPTER IV How the French govern Themselves 49 CHAPTER V On Education and Religion 67 CHAPTER VI Some Aspects of Paris and of Town Life in General 86 CHAPTER VII Of Rural Life in France 114 CHAPTER VIII The Rivers of France 143 CHAPTER IX Of the Watering-Places 169 [Pg vi] CHAPTER X Architecture—Roman, Romanesque, and Gothic— in France 193 CHAPTER XI The National Defences 205 INDEX 213 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS The Western Façade of Amiens CathedralFrontispiece Combourg, a typical Château of the Mediaeval Type8 In the Café Armenonville in the Bois de Boulogne, Paris17 In the Place du Théâtre Français, Paris24 Evening in the Place d'Iéna, Paris31 In the Centre of Paris40 The Market-Place and Cathedral at Abbeville48 Five-o'clock Tea in Paris64 Children of Paris in the Luxembourg Gardens71 Le Puy-en-Velay in the Auvergne Country75 La Roche, a Village of Haute Savoie78 A typical Cocher of Paris90 Autumn in the Champs Elysées, Paris95 A Breton Calvaire: the oratory of Jacques Cartier122 A Peasant Child of Normandy126 The Cathedral and part of the Old City of Chartres136 The Château of Amboise on the Loire144 Château Gaillard and a loop of the Seine150 Mont Blanc reflecting the sunset glow155 Evian les Bains on Lake Geneva158 The Chapel on the Bridge of St. Bénézet, Avignon162 Cap Martin near Mentone164 The Château of Chenonceaux168 St. Malo from St. Servan171 Monte Carlo and Monaco from the East174 Mont St. Michel at High Tide177 The Vegetable Market, Nice187 The Pyrenees from near Pamiers190 The Galerie des Glaces at Versailles192 The Roman Triumphal Arch at Orange194 French Destroyers200 Soldiers of France in Paris208 THE MOTOR ROUTES OF ENGLAND WESTERN SECTION By Gordon Home (Assisted By Charles H. Ashdown) CONTENTS TRUNK ROUTE SECTION PAGE I. London to Dunstable, 32 Miles 1 II. Dunstable to Atherstone, 72½ Miles 18 III. Atherstone to Shrewsbury, 59 Miles 29 LOOP No. 1 (a) Shrewsbury to Chester, 39½ Miles 38 (b) Chester to Mold and Rhyl, 35½ Miles 52 (c) Rhyl to Shrewsbury, 86½ Miles 61 TRUNK ROUTE IV. Shrewsbury to Llandudno, 81½ Miles 75 V. Llandudno to Bangor, 18¾ Miles 89 LOOP No. 2 Bangor to Bettws-y-Coed, 20¼ Miles 98 TRUNK ROUTE VI. Bangor to Dolgelley, 65¾ Miles 103 LOOP No. 3 Dolgelley to Cemmaes via Tal-y-Llyn, 40 Miles 119 LOOP No. 4 Cemmaes to Aberystwyth and Llangurig, 49¾ Miles 127 TRUNK ROUTE VII. Dolgelley to Llangurig, 48¼ Miles 134 LOOP No. 5 (a) Talgarth to St. David's, 117¼ Miles 142 (b) St. David's to Hereford, 132¼ Miles 162 TRUNK ROUTE VIII. Llangurig to Abergavenny, 68 Miles 180 IX. Abergavenny to Gloucester, 84¼ Miles 189 LOOP No. 6 (a) Hereford to Shrewsbury, 54¾ Miles 219 (b) Shrewsbury to Hereford, 81¼ Miles 232 LOOP No. 7 Gloucester to Bath, Malmesbury, Evesham, Tewkesbury, and Gloucester, 153 Miles 243 TRUNK ROUTE X. Gloucester to Oxford, 50 Miles 269 LOOP No. 8 Oxford to Stratford-on-Avon, Coventry, Banbury, and Oxford, 110 Miles 280 TRUNK ROUTE XI. Oxford to London, 67½ Miles 305 Table of the Sovereigns of England, the Chief Events of their Reigns, and the Architectural Periods 320 A List of Motor-Car Signs 323 A List of Hotels 326 Index 327 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 1. Distant View of Bettws-y-Coed. Frontispiece FACING PAGE 2. Lichfield Cathedral 32 3. Shrewsbury House, Chester 65 4. Swallow Falls, near Bettws-y-Coed 72 5. Conway from Benarth 89 6. Conway Valley 96 7. Distant View of Penmaenmawr 113 8. Snowdon from Traeth Mawr 120 9. Hereford Cathedral from the Banks of the Wye 176 10. The Wye, Symond's Yat, near Monmouth, Herefordshire 185 11. Coming Night, near Beddgelert 201 12. Tintern Abbey 208 13. Church Porch at Northleach 281 14. Stratford-on-Avon 288 15. Ford's Hospital, Coventry 297 16. Magdalen Tower and Bridge, Oxford 304 LIST OF PLANS PAGE 1. St. Albans 7 2. Dunstable 16 3. Shrewsbury 77 4. Chester 44 5. Conway 91 6. Carnarvon 106 7. Hereford 177 8. Worcester 237 9. Gloucester 212 10. Tewkesbury 265 11. Cheltenham 271 12. Oxford 307 13. Warwick 291 14. Leamington 294 15. Coventry 299 16. Bath 251 Chester Cathedral 46 Valle Crucis Abbey 72 Carnarvon Castle 107 St. David's Cathedral 159 Gloucester Cathedral 215 THE MOTOR ROUTES OF FRANCE To The Châteaux Of Touraine, Biarritz, The Pyrenees, The Riviera, And The Rhone Valley By Gordon Home With 16 Full-Page Illustrations In Colour CONTENTS SECTION PAGE I. Havre to Rouen, Dieppe to Rouen, and Calais and Boulogne to Rouen 1 II. Rouen to Evreux 27 III. Evreux to Chartres 50 IV. Chartres to Orleans 62 V. Orleans to Tours 80 VI. Tours to Poitiers 116 VII. Poitiers to Angoulême 138 VIII. Angoulême to Bergerac 152
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