Our title.--Paintresses, past and present.--The artist's early work.--The artist's Surrey home.--The influence of Witley.--The woods, the lanes, and the fields.--Cottages and homesteads.--Gardens and orchards.--Tennyson's homes.--Mrs. Allingham and her contemporaries

xi, 204 p. front. (port.) 80 col. plates. 25 cm


1. Title Page
10. The Sand-Martins' Haunt
11. The Old Men's Gardens, Chelsea Hospital
12. The Clothes-Line
13. The Convalescent
14. The Goat Carriage
15. The Clothes-Basket
16. In the Hayloft
17. The Rabbit Hutch
18. The Donkey Ride
19. A Witley Lane
2. Portrait of the Artist
20. Hindhead from Witley Common
21. In Witley Village
22. Blackdown from Witley Common
23. The Fish-Shop, Haslemere
24. The Children's Tea
25. The Stile
26. "Pat-a-Cake"
27. Lessons
28. Bubbles
29. On the Sands-Sandown, Isle of Wight
3. In the Farmhouse Garden
30. Drying Clothes
31. Her Majesty's Post Office
32. The Children's Maypole
33. Spring on the Kentish Downs
34. Tig Bridge
35. Spring in the Oakwood
36. The Cuckoo
37. The Old Yew Tree
38. The Hawthorn Valley, Brocket
39. Ox-eye Daisies, near Westerham, Kent
4. The Market Cross, Hagbourne
40. Foxgloves
41. Heather on Crockham Hill, Kent
42. On the Pilgrims' Way
43. Night-jar Lane, Witley
44. Cherry-tree Cottage, Chiddingfold
45. Cottage at Chiddingfold
46. A Cottage at Hambledon
47. In Wormley Wood
48. The Elder Bush, Brook Lane, Witley
49. The Basket Woman
5. The Robin
50. Cottage at Shottermill, near Haslemere
51. Valewood Farm
52. An Old House at West Tarring
53. An Old Buckinghamshire House
54. Duke's Cottage
55. The Condemned Cottage
56. On Ide Hill
57. A Cheshire Cottage, Alderley Edge
58. The Six Bells
59. A Kentish Farmyard
6. Milton's House, Chalfont St. Giles
60. Study of a Rose Bush
61. Wallflowers
62. Minna
63. A Kentish Garden
64. Cutting Cabbages
65. In a Summer Garden
66. By the Terrace, Brocket Hall
67. The South Border
68. The South Border
69. Study of Leeks
7. The Waller Oak, Coleshill
70. The Apple Orchard
71. The House, Farringford
72. The Kitchen-Garden, Farringford
73. The Dairy, Farringford
74. One of Lord Tennyson's Cottages, Farringford
75. A Garden in October, Aldworth
76. Hook Hill Farm, Freshwater
77. At Pound Green, Freshwater
78. A Cottage at Freshwater Gate
79. A Cabin at Ballyshannon
8. Apple and Pear Blossom
80. The Fairy Bridges
81. The Church of Sta. Maria della Salute, Venice
82. A Fruit Stall, Venice
9. The Young Customers