The Lord Mayor's Show and other ceremonies are fully described. The portion relating to London is interesting. There being little literature of this kind and period in existence, Celia Fiennes's diary almost takes the position and value of an historical document. Numerous towns are described, and a great many churches and country seats – some of which doubtless no longer exist – are minutely detailed. The writer's diligent and attentive observation of details concerning the various counties through which she passed, either on horseback or in her equipage, and her descriptions of the many gentlemen's seats visited by her, seem worthy of notice and preservation. T HE account of the several journeys through England undertaken by my kinswoman, Celia Fiennes, in the reign of William and Mary, may prove interesting, as shewing the manners and customs of those times. New York: Scribner & Welford, 743 & 745, Broadway. Through England on a Side Saddle in the Time of William and Mary, Through England on a Side Saddle in the Time of William and Mary
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