ARTISTS' MATERIALS, GUIDE BOOKS, AND VIEWS OF THE LAKES. JOHN GARNETT, Printer, Bookseller, Stationer, and Librarian, RESPECTFULLY begs to inform Lake Tourists and others, that he has constantly on sale Artists' Materials for Oil and Water Colour Painting, Sketching, &c.; all the Guide Books, Views, and every other article in his business useful to visitors of the Lakes' District. All Parcels to or from J. G's establishment conveyed in the district free of charge. JUST PUBLISHED, VIEWS OF THE ENGLISH LAKES AND MOUNTAINS, A Series of Chromatic Prints from Paintings by A. P. COLLIS AND W. P. GEORGE, COMPRISING, WRAY CASTLE, WINDERMERE, looking towards Rydal Head. HILL BELL, FROM HIGH STREET, looking towards Windermere and Morecambe Bay. HONISTER PASS, BUTTERMERE. RYDAL WATER, WESTMORLAND. HEAD OF WINDERMERE, looking towards Langdale Pikes. DUNGEON GHYLL, LANGDALE. KESWICK, CUMBERLAND, from Castlerigg. The Series, in Folio, gilt, 8s.; Single Subjects, handsomely mounted, ls. Published by J. Garnett, Windermere. London: Ackerman & Co. JUST READY, Handsomely bound in cloth, gilt, 10s., demy 4to, A GUIDE TO WINDERMERE, With Tours to the neighbouring Lakes and other interesting places, BY MISS HARRIET MARTINEAU, To which are added Excursions to and from Keswick, and an account of the Flowering Plants, Ferns and Mosses of the district. Illustrated with a Series of new and beautiful Chromatic Prints, AND AN ACCURATE MAP. Lately Published, foolscap 8vo, in paper cover 1s.; neat KESWICK AND NEIGHBOURHOOD, A HAND-BOOK FOR THE USE OF VISITORS; With a unique Map and Frontispiece. Windermere: Published by John Garnett. London: Whittaker and Co. And all Booksellers in the Lakes' District. CROSTHWAITE'S CELEBRATED MUSEUM, KESWICK, Established in the year 1780. "This Museum is rich in ancient British, Roman, Saxon, and Norman antiquities, illustrating the early history of the district; contains a fine collection of Roman and early English coins, ancient Books, M.S., &c. The Geology, Mineralogy and Natural History of the Lake District is well pourtrayed. No traveller who cares for a country rich in natural curiosities should omit visiting it.". Hand-book of Keswick by Mr. HARRISON. Æolion Harps, Specimens of Minerals, Geology, &c., on sale. Open from 7 o'clock a.m., till 10 p.m. In a neat Pocket Volume, Price 58. Black's Picturesque Guide TO THE ENGLISH LAKES, Sixth Edition, ENLARGED AND IMPROVED; INCLUDING AN ESSAY ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE DISTRICT, BY JOHN PHILLIPS, M.A., F.R.S., DEPUTY READER IN GEOLOGY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD; With a minutely accurate Map by W. HUGHES, Charts of the Lakes, Views of the Scenery, an ample Itinerary of all the Routes, with the distances accurately laid down, all the best Hotels and Inns, information regarding conveyances, and a complete Index. Opinions of the Press. "This Guide to the Lakes has been compiled upon the same elaborate plan as the Picturesque Tourist of Scotland, governed by the same resolution to spare no cost or trouble to achieve a successful result. It needs no higher commendation. It is a Picturesque Guide in every sense — -its descriptions are charmingly written its intelligence is ample and minute-and its illustrations are admirable specimens of art."— Atlas. "This is a little work that has an extensive popularity in the lake districts, for the accuracy and extent of the information it conveys. Many guide books are overloaded with useless matter, which only serve to perplex and irritate the tourist. This can never occur with the volume before us, inasmuch as it contains multum in parvo,' and is so adapted as to suit every class of travellers." Bell's Weekly Messenger. "Besides the distinctive elegance of the getting up of this Guide to the beautiful scenery of our English lakes, and the com Black's Guide to the Lakes continued. pleteness of the book in all its details, the work has the peculiar merit of being illustrated from the literature of the district with a copiousness and taste hitherto unrivalled."-Westmorland Gazette. "The tourist to the lakes will find that it embraces every information necessary for this purpose, and various particulars to be found in no other similar works." ·Edinburgh Advertiser. BLACK'S GUIDE BOOKS. England, complete Scotland, complete Highlands, by Messrs. Anderson, Inverness Trosachs, Illustrated by Foster English Lake District, with Geology, by Phillips 10s. 6d. 8s. 6d. 10s. 6d. 58. 5s. 5s. CHEAP GUIDES - ONE SHILLING EACH. WITH MAPS, CHARTS, AND ALL THE MOST RECENT INFORMATION. Trosachs, Lochlomond, &c. Highlands of Perthshire. Deeside, Braemar, and Excursions among the Cairngorum Mountains. Island of Skye. ROAD AND RAILWAY TRAVELLING MAPS. Continent of Europe. 17 Inches by 24 4s. 6d. 2s. 6d. Cheaper Maps on Paper, Uncoloured, 1s. 8d. each. EDINBURGH: ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK. IN returning his warmest thanks to the Royal Families, Nobility, Gentry, and the Public for the liberal support he has hitherto received, begs to assure his patrons that it shall be his continued study to merit a continuance of their support, by paying every attention to their comfort, combined with a strict view to economy and convenience of those who may favour him with their patronage. Within a few years this Hotel has had the honour of receiving the patronage of the late Queen Dowager, the King of Saxony, the Prince of Prussia, the Grand Duke Constantine of Russia, and most of the principal English and Foreign Families of distinction visiting this romantic and interesting district. It is situated close upon the Lake, of which it commands extensive views, and within an easy day's excursion of all the principal Lakes and Mountains of the district. CONVEYANCES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION KEPT. Omnibusses meet every Train at the Terminus of the Kendal and Windermere Railway, one mile and a-half from Bowness, and Private Carriages if required. Bowness is within ten and a-half hours of London, four and a-half of Manchester and Liverpool. Agent to the Lancashire Insurance Company. House and Estate Agent. |