PREFACE. tion and revision. This edition has again undergone considerable correcYear by year increased facilities for travelling are being afforded to tourists in this favoured region. It is not long since the railway between Penrith, Keswick, and Cockermouth, supplied a new approach to the beauties of Derwentwater; and now branch lines connect the Furness railway with the foot of Windermere and head of Coniston. With these increased advantages in the way of transit, and the comforts of first-rate hotels, there is little more to be desired by travellers in the Lake district. EDINBURGH, April 1870. |