PREFACE. 



HE following pages consist, in part, of a reprint 

 of the little volume published in 1858 under 

 the title of Manchester Walks and Wild- 

 Flowers; in part, of brief excerpta from the 

 author's accounts of trips made by the Field 

 Naturalists' Society, as given in their Annual Reports, 

 1860-1881. A very considerable amount of new matter 

 will also be found. 



Giving descriptions in a novel and welcome manner, 

 of pretty places in the neighbourhood previously unknown 

 to people in general, and indicating in various ways the 

 pleasure to be derived from rambles in the country, the 

 little volume spoken of is believed to have assisted, in no 

 slight measure, to awaken and foster the present wide- 

 spread local taste for rural scenes, and for recreation in 



