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HOLIDAY RAMBLES IN CORNWALL AND PLACE NAMES OF LLANDYSILIO-GO-GO

by H. Tobit Evans

Published by Carmarthan Journal. 1st. 1901

Nearly fine condition. Two books bound in one volume. Blue cloth with gilt titles. Holiday Rambles In Cornwall 48 pages with b/w photo frontis. Place-Names 23 pages with b/w photo frontis.

Book: Inscription in ink to front endpaper.

Stock no. 1202067

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Contents

  • I. The Summer of 1896 - Going for a Holiday - Arriving at Plymouth
  • II. Saxon corruption of words - The ancient Cornish language - Edward Lhwyd - Cornwall and Cardiganshire compared
  • III. Pieran-in-Treth, Perranzabuloe - "The lost Church found" - "China clay"- Truro - Helston
  • IV. Peace and Rest - Meeting an old acquaintance - Farewell to Solitude
  • V. Farewell to the Lizard - "Hal" - Falmouth - A Tropical Garden
  • VI. The Extinction of the Cornish Language - Dolly Pentreath - Penzance, Newlyn and Paul
  • VII. Mousehole - a Lesson from Gamaliel - Dolly Pentreath's Cottage - The Keigwin Arms
  • VIII. Cornish Fishing boats - The Quarrel between East Anglian and Cornish Fishermen
  • XI. Land's End - "The First and Asst" Inn - Sennen Village and Church - Historical Recollections
  • X. Penzance - The Tin Mines - Redruth -Wages in Cornwall - Conclusion

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