The English Peasant
THE
ENGLISH PEASANT
STUDIES: HISTORICAL, LOCAL, AND
BIOGRAPHIC
BY
RICHARD HEATH
London
T. FISHER UNWIN
PATERNOSTER SQUARE
1893
| PAGE | ||
| PREFACE | v | |
| THE ENGLISH VIA DOLOROSA; or, Glimpses of the History of the Agricultural Labourer | 1 | |
| THE COTTAGE HOMES OF ENGLAND | 57 | |
| WALKS AND TALKS WITH ENGLISH PEASANTS— | ||
| I. | A YORKSHIRE DALE | 91 |
| II. | A VILLAGE FAIR IN SUFFOLK | 103 |
| III. | FEN-LAND AND FEN-MEN | 109 |
| IV. | PEASANT LIFE IN DORSET | 121 |
| V. | PEASANT LIFE IN THE NEW FOREST | 133 |
| VI. | SURREY COMMONS | 143 |
| VII. | THE KENTISH WAGGONER | 154 |
| VIII. | SUSSEX SHEPHERDS | 163 |
| IX. | A SOUTHDOWN VILLAGE | 172 |
| X. | SUSSEX COMMONS AND SUSSEX SONGS | 181 |
| XI. | WEALDEN LIFE AND CHARACTER | 189 |
| XII. | NORTHUMBRIAN HINDS AND CHEVIOT SHEPHERDS | 207 |
| XIII. | IN OXFORDSHIRE | 221 |
| XIV. | IN SOUTH WARWICKSHIRE | 230 |
| TYPES OF ENGLISH AGRICULTURAL LIFE— | ||
| I. | WILLIAM COBBETT | 245 |
| II. | JOHN CLARE | 292 |
| III. | WILLIAM HUNTINGTON | 320 |
| THE POOR MAN'S GOSPEL | 361 | |
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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