Author of "Ramparts of Empire" "Peeps at the British Empire," "Australia and Oceania" To bring within the limits of one volume any detailed description of England--her history, people, landscapes, cities--would be impossible. I have sought in this book to give an impression of some of the most "English" features of the land, devoting a little space first to an attempt to explain the origins of the English people. Thus the English fields and flowers and trees, the English homes and schools are given far more attention than English cities, English manufactures; for they are more peculiar to the land and the people. More markedly than in any superiority of her material greatness England stands…
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