"Beautiful England" was the title of a series of short, illustrated travel/guide books first published in Britain by

Blackie & Son Blackie & Son was a publishing house in Glasgow, Scotland, and London, England, from 1809 to 1991. History The firm was founded as a bookseller in 1809 by John Blackie (1782–1874) as a partnership with two others and was known as 'Black ...

around 1910 and continuing in print until the 1950s. Each title featured a particular region, town or city in

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

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

;"Beautiful England" series: *Bradley, A. G.
The English Lakes
' (1910). *Heath, Sidney.
Winchester
' (1911). *Danks, William.

' (1910). *Thomas, Edward.

' (1910). * Heath, Sidney.
The Heart of Wessex
' (1910). *How, Frederick Douglas.
Oxford
' (1910). * Jerrold, Walter.
Norwich and the Broads
' (1910). *Mitton, G. E.
The Thames
' (1910). *Jerrold, Walter.
Shakespeare-Land
' (1910). *Barwell, Noel.

' (1911). *Benson, George.
York
' (1911). * Thomas, Edward. ''The Isle of Wight'' (1911). *Edwards, Charles & Bennett, J. H. E. ''Chester'' (1911). *Gilchrist, R. Murray.
The Peak District
' (1911). *Heath, Sidney.
The Cornish Riviera
' (1911). *Nicklin, J. A.
Dickens Land
' (1911). *Godfrey, Elizabeth.
The New Forest
' (1912). *Heath, Sidney.
Exeter
' (1912). *Jerrold, Walter.
Hampton Court
' (1912). *Gilchrist, R. Murray.

' (1913). *Edwardes, Charles. ''Hereford'' (1913). *Morley, George.

' (1913). *Salmon, Arthur Leslie. ''Dartmoor'' (1913). *Salmon, Arthur Leslie.
Bath and Wells
' (1914). *Gilchrist, R. Murray. ''Scarborough And Neighbourhood'' (1914). *Gilchrist, R. Murray. ''Ripon and Harrogate'' (1914). *Heath, Sidney.
Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch
' (1915). *Heath, Sidney. ''Swanage and District'' (1915). *Higgins, Walter.
Hastings and Neighbourhood
' (1920). *Jerrold, Walter.
Folkestone and Dover
' (1920). *Jerrold, Walter.

' (1924). *Jerrold, Walter.

' (1924). *Jerrold, Walter.

' (1925). *Jerrold, Walter.

' (1925). ;"Beautiful Scotland" series: *Eyre-Todd, George.
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.
Ulster
' (1911). *Gwynn, S. L.
Leinster
' (1911). *Gwynn, S. L. ''Munster'' (1912). *Gwynn, S. L.
Connaught
' (1912) *Gorges, Mary. ''Killarney'' (1912).

External links

- background notes on the series and full text and images from selected titles.

- articles, book notices and advertisements on the four series. Travel guide books Geography of England Books about England