DESCRIBING EVERY THING WORTHY OF INTEREST CONNECTED WITH THE Public Buildings, the Rooms, Crescents, Theatre, INCLUDING WALCOT AND WIDCOMBE, AND THE Surrounding Vicinity; With Sketches of PRIOR-PARK-HOUSE, THE ROCKS OF WICK, CORSHAM-HOUSE, AND ALSO AN EXCURSION TO CLIFTON AND BRISTOL HOT-WELLS, With a Visit to Lord de Clifford's House, and some Remarks upon its Pictures: BARRY AND SON, BRISTOL; J. VINCENT, OXFORD; AND SHERWOOD, NEELY, AND JONES, LONDON. 1819 PREFACE. BATH has been so long known, so much fre- SCRIBBLERS are sportsmen; and, as sportsmen are, And then you smack your lips-for game is plenty; Whatever has been written relative to the ANTIQUITIES of BATH, (whether fabulous or real,) it must be admitted the subject has been fully explored; its fine OLD ABBEY portrayed; the beauty and elegance of its CRES * WARNER. † ANSTEY. CENTS not omitted; its AMUSEMENTS blazoned forth; its CHARITIES not forgotten; its COMFORTS recognized; its extreme CLEANLINESS developed; the virtues of its BATHS promulgated; and the efficacy of its WATERS enlarged upon, in all the various "Old" and "New Guides" still extant; the thing is not meant to be denied; nor is it the intention of the Author to assert, that any of the above fixed pictures are not faithful PORTRAITS. But notwithstanding this disparagement and great drawback to surmount True hope ne'er tires, but mounts with eagle's wings, and a new moving PICTURE OF BATH is at length produced. How far the artist has hit off an accurate and animated likeness—with what fidelity he has preserved the features-whether the light and shade have been properly introducedthe tints glowing—and the colouring so well diffused as to harmonize the whole, must be left to the decision of his judges. The attempt is nouvelle; and, he trusts, the "WALKS THROUGH BATH" will not only prove interesting and useful, but that it will ultimately give pleasure to all his readers. Although the visitor may "read as he runs" in his perambulations through the streets of Bath, yet nothing of importance has been omitted; and the numerous engravings, executed |