Dedicated by Gracious Permission to 

 Her Royal Highness the DUCHESS OF YORK. 



In crown 8vo., 408 pages, vellum cloth, illuminated, price 6s. ; 

 gilt edges, 6s. 6d. 



ILIMPSES OF WELSH LIFE 



AND CHARACTER. By MARIE TKE- 

 VELYAN, Author of "Gwenllian Wen," "Lady 

 Stradling's Ghost," " Storm-bound at Pritchard's," 

 "Brave Little Women," etc., etc. 



CONTENTS. 



I. HOME LIFE IN THE PAST AND 



PRESENT. 



II. THE AMUSEMENTS OF THE 

 WELSH. 



III. SOCIAL CHANGES IN WALES. 



IV. CURIOUS CUSTOMS. 



V. WELSH MYTH AND ROMANCE. 

 VI. CYMRIC FESTIVALS. 

 VII. WELSH SINGING AND SONG. 

 VIII. THE HILL PEOPLE. 



IX. WELSH SQUIRES OF THE PAST 



AND PRESENT. 

 X. THE VALE WOMEN. 

 XI. THE POETS AND POETRY OF 

 WALES. 



XII. WELSH PARSONS OF THE PAST. 



XIII. THE GREAT NONCONFORMIST 



PREACHERS OF WALES. 



XIV. WELSH COUNTRY DOCTORS OF 



THE PAST. 

 XV. WELSH TRADITIONS AND 



SUPERSTITIONS. 

 XVI. THE WELSH FARMERS. 

 XVII. WELSH SMUGGLERS AND 



WRECKERS. 



XVIII. ECCENTRIC CHARACTERS. 

 XIX. WELSH ANECDOTES. 

 XX. FOLK-LORE AND GHOST 



STORIES. 

 XXI. THE LATTERMATH. 



(32) London : John Hogg, 13, Paternoster Kow, E.G. 



