Beautiful England
{{Short description|Series of short, illustrated travel/guide books}}
Beautiful England was the title of a series of short, illustrated travel/guide books first published in Britain by Blackie & Son around 1910 and continuing in print until the 1950s. Each title featured a particular region, town or city in England and was illustrated by watercolour landscape painter, E. W. Haslehust.
Blackie & Son also published other related series: "Beautiful Scotland" (4 vols. or 4 pts. in 1 vol.), "Beautiful Ireland" (Leinster, Ulster, Munster, Connaught; painted by Alex. Williams; described by Stephen Gwynn; 4 vols. or 4 pts. in 1) and "Beautiful Switzerland" (Chamonix; Lausanne and its Environs; Lucerne; Villars and its Environs: all pictured and described by George Flemwell).
Book titles
File:E W Haslehust - The Roman bath.jpg, Somerset (from Bath and Wells, 1914)]]
File:E W Haslehust - Bere Regis.jpg, Dorset (from The Heart of Wessex, 1910)]]
;"Beautiful England" series:
- Bradley, A. G. [https://archive.org/details/englishlakes00brad The English Lakes] (1910).
- Heath, Sidney. [http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15706 Winchester] (1911).
- Danks, William. [http://www.kellscraft.com/canterburycontext.html Canterbury] (1910).
- Thomas, Edward. [http://www.kellscraft.com/WindsorCastle/windsorcastlecontentpage.html Windsor Castle] (1910).
- Heath, Sidney. [https://archive.org/details/heartofwessex00heatuoft The Heart of Wessex] (1910).
- How, Frederick Douglas. [https://archive.org/details/oxfordhowfrederi00howfiala Oxford] (1910).
- Jerrold, Walter. [https://archive.org/details/norwichbroads00jerriala Norwich and the Broads] (1910).
- Mitton, G. E. [https://archive.org/details/thamesew00mittiala The Thames] (1910).
- Jerrold, Walter. [https://archive.org/details/shakespeareland00jerriala Shakespeare-Land] (1910).
- Barwell, Noel. [http://www.kellscraft.com/Cambridge/cambridgecontentpage.html Cambridge] (1911).
- Benson, George. [https://archive.org/details/yorkgeorge00bens York] (1911).
- Thomas, Edward. The Isle of Wight (1911).
- Edwards, Charles & Bennett, J. H. E. Chester (1911).
- Gilchrist, R. Murray. [https://archive.org/details/peakdistrict00gilciala The Peak District] (1911).
- Heath, Sidney. [https://archive.org/details/cornishriviera00heat The Cornish Riviera] (1911).
- Nicklin, J. A. [https://archive.org/details/dickenslanddescr00nickuoft Dickens Land] (1911).
- Godfrey, Elizabeth. [https://archive.org/details/newforest00godf The New Forest] (1912).
- Heath, Sidney. [https://archive.org/details/exeterheath00heatuoft Exeter] (1912).
- Jerrold, Walter. [https://archive.org/details/hamptoncourt00jerriala Hampton Court] (1912).
- Gilchrist, R. Murray. [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/26486/26486-h/26486-h.htm The Dukeries] (1913).
- Edwardes, Charles. Hereford (1913).
- Morley, George. [http://www.kellscraft.com/WarwickLeamington/WarwickLeamingtoncontentpage.html Warwick and Leamington] (1913).
- Salmon, Arthur Leslie. Dartmoor (1913).
- Salmon, Arthur Leslie. [https://archive.org/details/bathwells00salmrich Bath and Wells] (1914).
- Gilchrist, R. Murray. Scarborough And Neighbourhood (1914).
- Gilchrist, R. Murray. Ripon and Harrogate (1914).
- Heath, Sidney. [https://archive.org/details/bournemouthpoole00heatrich Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch] (1915).
- Heath, Sidney. Swanage and District (1915).
- Higgins, Walter. [https://archive.org/stream/hastingsneighour00higgrich#page/n3/mode/2up Hastings and Neighbourhood] (1920).
- Jerrold, Walter. [https://archive.org/details/folkestonedover00jerrrich Folkestone and Dover] (1920).
- Jerrold, Walter. [http://www.maps.thehunthouse.net/Beautiful_England/The_Heart_of_London.htm The Heart of London] (1924).
- Jerrold, Walter. [http://www.maps.thehunthouse.net/Beautiful_England/Through_Londons_Highways.htm Through London's Highways] (1924).
- Jerrold, Walter. [http://www.maps.thehunthouse.net/Beautiful_England/In_Londons_Byways.htm In London's By-Ways] (1925).
- Jerrold, Walter. [http://www.maps.thehunthouse.net/Beautiful_England/Rambles_in_Greater_London.htm Rambles in Greater London] (1925).
;"Beautiful Scotland" series:
- Eyre-Todd, George. [https://archive.org/details/lochlomondlochka00eyreuoft Loch Lomond, Loch Katrine, and the Trossachs] (1922).
- Geddie, John. Edinburgh (1936).
- Geddie, John. The Scott Country (1938).
- Geddie, John. The Shores of Fife (1922).
;"Beautiful Ireland" series:
- Gwynn, S. L. [https://archive.org/stream/ulstergwyn00gwynuoft#page/n5/mode/2up Ulster] (1911).
- Gwynn, S. L. [https://archive.org/stream/leinster00gwyn#page/n5/mode/2up Leinster] (1911).
- Gwynn, S. L. Munster (1912).
- Gwynn, S. L. [https://archive.org/stream/connaught00gwynuoft#page/n5/mode/2up Connaught] (1912)
- Gorges, Mary. Killarney (1912).
External links
- [http://www.maps.thehunthouse.net/Beautiful_England/Beautiful_England.htm Beautiful England] - background notes on the series and full text and images from selected titles.
- [https://www.publishinghistory.com/beautiful-england-blackie.html Beautiful England (Blackie and Son Limited) - Book Series List] - articles, book notices and advertisements on the four series.