178 Wharncliffe Crags. 



to the crags, and back again to Wortley station, is 

 singularly beautiful. The views fjom the summit of the 

 crags are grand and extensive, the scenery partaking of 

 the character of that of Derbyshire, on the confines of 

 which county the district closely borders. 



The historical associations are also very pleasing. At 

 Wharncliffe lived for some time after her marriage, the 

 most famous of English literary ladies, that celebrated 

 bd esprit, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, who, at eight 

 years old, a beautiful and sparkling child, was caressed 

 by the Kit-Cat Club ; and who, browsing away her teens 

 upon languages and poetry, at twenty translated the 

 " Encheiridion" of Epictetus. Her appreciation of the 

 fine character of the Wharncliffe scenery appears in one 

 of her letters from Avignon. A century and a half be- 

 fore, on these rocks and woods had probably often fallen 

 the eyes of Mary Queen of Scots, who passed twelve 

 years of her captivity, commencing A.D. 1570, in the 

 neighbouring castle of Sheffield, the same in which 

 Wolsey stayed a few days when on his way to Leicester. 

 Wharncliffe Hall gardens, situated close to the village 

 of Wortley, though not remarkable, are very pleasing. 



The Woodhead tunnel may again be endured for 

 the sake of WENTWORTH, the magnificent seat of Earl 

 Fitzwilliam. This beautiful place, truly excellent for a 

 summer day-trip, lies about three miles and a half from 

 " Wath," a station upon the South Yorkshire portion 

 of the Sheffield railway-system. Changing at Penistone 



