A stunning collection of landscape paintings by the renowned artist Myles Birket Foster, including detailed descriptions of the places and scenes depicted in each piece. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This volume contains fine engravings of a variety of scenes with poems specially prepared by Tom Taylor. Birket Foster (1825-1899) was a famous countryside artist who illustrated over 80 books as well as producing many paintings.