ENGLAND AND THE ENGLISH

IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

VOL. II.

ENGLAND AND THE ENGLISH

IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

Chapters in the Social History of the Times

BY

WILLIAM CONNOR SYDNEY

'The Life of Man in England: what men did, thought, suffered,
enjoyed; the form, especially the spirit of their terrestrial existence;
its outward environment; its inward principle; how and what it was;
whence it was; whence it proceeded; whither it was tending'

CARLYLE

IN TWO VOLUMES-VOL. II.

New York

MACMILLAN AND CO.

1891

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CONTENTS

OF

THE SECOND VOLUME.

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CHAPTER XI.

ROADS AND TRAVELLING.

Deplorable condition of the roads both in town and country-Evi-

dence of various authorities cited-Turnpike Acts-Opposition to

the erection of turnpikes-Young's experiences on his southern tour

-Stage-coaches and those who travelled by them-Flying coaches

-Dangers and inconveniences of stage-coach travelling-Footpads

and highwaymen-Inns and alehouses-The post-Establishment

of the mail-coach system

CHAPTER XII.

FAVOURITE HEALTH RESORTS.

The rise of the spas-Metropolitan spas-Hampstead Wells-Isling-

ton spa-The new Tunbridge Wells-Sadler's Wells-The pro-

vincial spas-Epsom-Tunbridge Wells-The baths of Bath-Beau

Nash and the world he lived in-The Bristol hot-wells-Malvern,

Cheltenham, Buxton, Harrogate, and Scarborough-The seaward

movement-Brighthelmstone-The south coast-The Isle of Thanet

-Cromer-The Lake district

CHAPTER XIII.

EDUCATION.

Retrograde condition of education in the last century-'The Grand

Tour'-Yorkshire schools-Course of female instruction-Mrs.

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