WAEWICKSHIRE. 



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irnpoverîslied, was compelled to leave it about the commencement of this century. 

 The great dramatist lies buried in the parish church, and a monument was raised 

 in his honour by Garrick, the actor. A small theatre has been recently erected in 

 celebration of the third centenary of his birth, and contains a Shakspere library, 

 together with works of art relating to the poet. The environs of the town abound 

 in sites and villages referred to in Shakspere's plays and ballads, and there even 



Fii?. 57. — Warwick and Leamington. 



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survive a few patches of the extensive forests in which he used to poach when a 

 youth. 



The Arrow joins the Avon shortly before the river crosses the border of 

 Worcestershire. In its valley lie Akesfer, the Roman Alauna, with many quaint 

 old houses, and Stndlcn, with the ruins of an abbey. jSTeedles and fish-hooks are 

 manufactured in both these towns. Ilenleij-in-Arden, a small market town, 

 occupies almost the centre of the ancient Forest of Arden, between Studley and 

 Warwick. 



