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In the Border Country By: W. S. Crockett (1866-1945) |
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POPULAR BOOKS ON ART. Edited by W. Shaw Sparrow THE ART AND LIFE LIBRARY. 1. "THE BRITISH HOME OF TO DAY" ( out of
print ). 2. "THE GOSPELS IN ART." 3. "WOMEN PAINTERS OF THE WORLD." 4.
"THE OLD TESTAMENT IN ART," Vol. I. 5. "THE MODERN HOME" ( out of
print ). 6. "THE OLD TESTAMENT IN ART," Vol. II. 7. "THE APOSTLES IN
ART." HISTORY, TRAVEL, RUSTIC LIFE. 1. "MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS," with 26 Pictures
in Colour by Sir James Linton, R.I., and James Orrock, R.I.; the text by
Walter Wood. 2. "IN THE BORDER COUNTRY," with 25 Pictures in Colour by
James Orrock, R.I., and Historical Notes by W. S. Crockett. 3. "IN
RUSTIC ENGLAND," with 25 Pictures in Colour by Birket Foster; the text
by A. B. Daryll. THE ART AND LIFE MONOGRAPHS. 1. "ETCHINGS BY VAN DYCK," in Rembrandt
Photogravure the full size of the Original Proofs. Also an Édition de
Luxe with Carbon Print Photographs of all the Etchings; the text by
Prof. Dr. H. W. Singer. 2. "INGRES MASTER OF PURE DRAUGHTSMANSHIP."
Twenty four Rembrandt Photogravures of important Drawings and Pictures;
the introductions by Arsène Alexandre and W. Shaw Sparrow. ARTISTS OF THE PRESENT DAY. I. "FRANK BRANGWYN, A.R.A." the
introductions by Léonce Bénédite and W. Shaw Sparrow. 2. "LUCY E.
KEMP WELCH," the introductions by Professor Hubert von Herkomer and
Edward F. Strange. SERIES OF BIBLE PICTURES. "THE SAVIOUR IN MODERN ART." London: Hodder & Stoughton [Illustration] FRONTISPIECE VIEW OF DUNSTANBOROUGH FROM A WATER COLOUR SKETCH PAINTED BY JAMES ORROCK, R.I.
IN THE BORDER COUNTRY With Pictures in Colour by JAMES ORROCK R I And Historical Notes by W. S. CROCKETT Edited by W. Shaw Sparrow Hodder & Stoughton
London 1906
DEDICATED
TO THE MEMORY
OF
SIR WALTER SCOTT
PREFACE
Most of us prefer to spend our holiday tours
away from our own country. There is a
feeling of mild adventure when the land
we behold is unknown to us, and when the
language we hear filters into our questioning minds
through an interpreter's suavity and chatter. And
if we go to Switzerland we may earn even a
reputation for intrepid pluck among the friends
who listen to us on our return home, while the
unlucky guides, who found for our trembling feet
a pathway around each danger, will amuse their
families during the winter with little tales at our
expense, told with rough satire and with short,
gruff peals of laughter resembling the noise of a
crackling ice sheet when it begins to slip downhill. No doubt, heroism on the hillside has a vast
attraction to brave, fearless hearts like our own;
but we should find, here in our own country, quite
as much adventure as is good for us, and quite as
much novelty also, if only we could bring ourselves
to believe that knowledge of native scenes and
traditions does not come to us in baptism or by
virtue of our birth as British folk. If you ask a
friend whether he knows the Border Country, he
will probably answer yes, and then go on to say
that he when a lad at school was a great reader
of Scott, and thank heaven! his memory is a good
one. Push the matter further, ask whether he has
verified the truth of Scott's descriptions by a visit
to the places described, and you will probably
hear that your friend would rather dream of the
North Pole or be bitten fiercely by the swarms of
lively insects treasured throughout Brittany in
every cottage and hotel. All this being somewhat commonplace, you may
wish to get closer to this subject, and your friend
at last, driven to bay, comes to the real point that
pricks and distresses him. "You see," he will
say, "a holiday tour at home is such a dickens of a
gamble. You can't say how much it will cost.
The only thing at all certain about it is that the
cost will be more than you can afford. Wherever
you go you become a goose to be plucked." Let us rebel against this iniquity! It is not
a question of cheating, it is a trait of the national
character... Continue reading book >>
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