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THESE four volumes are the first instalment of a survey of England by counties, which aims at describing in detail every town and every village in the country which is worthy of interest on account of its present economic or social importance, its past historical or personal associations, or its retention of features of artistic, antiquarian or \cultural significance. The author has had the assistance of a body of expert helpers; and some six years have been spent in preparation. The time is not too long, as some ten thousand villages, it is said, have been visited. The collection of the photographs alone, if the illustration of the first four volumes is a fair sample, must have been a stupendous undertaking, especially as it is evident that on the whole a high standard has been attained.
The King's England:
a New Domesday Book of 10,000 Towns and Villages. (1) Enchanted Land: Half-a-Million Miles in the King's England. By Arthur Mee. Pp. xviii + 291 + 65 plates. 7s. 6d. net. (2) Kent: the Gateway of England and its Great Possessions. By Arthur Mee. Pp. xii + 506 + 65 plates. 10s. 6d. net. (3) Warwickshire: Shakespeare's Country. Edited by Arthur Mee. Pp. xi + 308 + 49 plates. 7s. 6d. net. (4) Lancashire: Cradle of our Prosperity. Edited by Arthur Mee. Pp. viii + 326 + 49 plates. 7s. 6d. net. (London: Hodder and Stoughton, Ltd., 1936.)
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The King's England. Nature 139, 217 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/139217b0
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