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Title: Motoring aboard
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Presbrey, Frank Spencer, 1855- (from old catalog)
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Publisher: New York, The Outing publishing company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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l and filled with works of art of in-estimable value. No brief or even extendedaccount can convey an adequate idea of thesplendor of this noted place with its arttreasures, its fountains throwing water 265 feethigh, its great park and the beauty of its entiresetting. A few minutes run in our motor from Chats-worth took us to Haddon Hall, one of the mostperfect specimens of the old English baronialarchitecture. This was the home of the Vernons,whose daughter, Dorothy, raised such a tumultin the 16th century by eloping with Sir JohnManners. The building is not occupied as aresidence, but is well preserved and very inter-esting. After stopping for a cup of tea at thecharming old Peacock Inn at Rowsley, wepushed on over a most interesting road, andthrough picturesque scenery to Matlock Bathin the valley of the Derwent. Within two miles and stretching along thevalley there are no less than five Matlocks—Matlock Bridge, Matlock Village, MatlockGreen, Matlock Bank and Matlock Bath, the 266
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Jfrom Cl)Es;ter to ^outfjampton latter the most important place in the heart ofa wild gorge of the Derwent. Although it is afavorite place for tourists we did not stop, butcontinued on to Derby which we reached with-out incident, stopping at the Midland Hotel. Derby was known in earlier times becauseWilliam the Conqueror had presented the townand the surrounding country to his naturalson, Peveril of the Peak, but no trace at presentexists of the castle which was erected by theyoung man. It is known now as the headquar-ters of the Midland Railway, the finest railwaysystem in England, and the Royal DerbyPorcelain Works, which are visited by alltourists. Americans have a special fondness forDerby because it is about the only place in Eng-land where our national game of baseball isregularly played. The run from Derby to Leicester was throughsuch a region as can be found in rural Englandonly. We could not resist the temptation tostop every little while to admire some quaintlittle village o

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