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[David Price]

The Pedestrian's Guide through North Wales, by George John Bennett       64203
   [Ill.: Alfred Clint]
   [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/6/4/2/0/64203 ]
   [Files: 64203-0.txt; 64203-h.htm]



For those wishing to know: Bennett wrote this book about a walking tour of 
Wales he undertook in 1837.  Unlike guide books for Wales upto this point, 
this took a far more chatty and down to earth approach and so reveals 
quite a bit about Wales at the time.  Fourteen years later he changed the 
book in many ways, producing the Tourist's Guide through North Wales - by 
1853 the railways had started to develop, there were better coaching 
routes etc., so people weren't so keen on walking...

All the best,
David,
Overcast but dry England