COUNTRY RAMBLES, 



AND 



fjtsier Halks anir IKiltr Jloters: 



BEING RURAL WANDERINGS IN 



CHESHIRE, LANCASHIRE, DERBYSHIRE, & YORKSHIRE. 



LEO H. GRINDON, 



Atithor of " The Manchester Flora" "Manchester Banks and Bankers" 

 " Lancashire: Historical and Descriptive Notes," and other works. 



If thou art worn, and hard beset 

 With sorrows that thou wouldst forget ; 

 If thou wouldst read a lesson that will keep 

 Thy heart from fainting, and thy soul from sleep, 

 Go to the woods and hills ! No tears 

 Dim the sweet look that Nature wears. 



LONGFELLOW. 



MANCHESTER: 



PALMER & HOWE, 73, 75, AND 77, PRINCESS-ST. 

 LONDON : SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, & CO. 



1882. 



