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, A complete Guide TO THE VISITORS OF THE ABOVE CITY. BY P. EGAN. Bath: PRINTED FOR MEYLER AND SON, at the Bath Herald Office; BARRY AND SON, BRISTOL; J. VINCENT, OXFORD; AND 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; In short, by you their merits must be tried; And woe to them who are not qualified! Whatever has been written relative to the ANTIQUITIES of BATH, (whether fabulous or *WARNER. † ANSTEY. real,) it must be admitted the subject has been fully explored; its fine OLD ABBEY portrayed; the beauty and elegance of its CRESCENTS 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 introduced– the 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 |