Following the successful series, Lake District Tours, A Collection of Travel Writings and Guide Books in the Romantic Era in six volumes, this is a collection of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century writings on the Lake District.
Vol. 1 : 505 pp. William Ford, A Description of the Scenery of the Lake District (R. Groombridge & Sons, [1839]1852) xiv, 246 pp. with 5 double-page maps. 4 in colour. Our English Lakes, Mountains, and Waterfalls as Seen by William Wordsworth (A. W. Bennett, 1864) xiv, 191 pp. 13 plates. Vol. 2: 316 pp. Harriet Martineau, A Complete Guide to the English Lakes (John Garnett, 1855) xii, 233 pp. 22 illus. Vol. 3: 397 pp. Elizabeth Lynn Linton, The Lake Country (Smith, Elder & Co., 1864) xl, 351 pp. Vol. 4: 380 pp. Anon., Black's Picturesque Guide to the English Lakes (Adam & Charles Black, 1865) xxxii, 293 pp. 16 illus. Vol. 5: 418 pp. W. G. Collingwood, The Lake Counties (Frederick Warne, [1902]1932) xii, 368 pp. 16 illus. 1 folded map.
