Chapter I: Introduction: vii

I. WILD WALES 1

II. SNOWDONIA, THE FASTNESS OF LLEWELYN 8

III. IN GLENDOWER LAND 14

IV. A WELSH MARKET-TOWN 20

V. A VISIT TO ANGLESEY AND HOLYHEAD 26

VI. AN EISTEDDFOD 31

VII. “MEN OF HARLECH” 35

VIII. A BURIED VILLAGE 43

IX. THE SACRED RIVER 48

X. A PEEP AT PEMBROKE 51

XI. THE VALLEY OF THE WYE 59

XII. THE GREAT PLYNLIMMON 64

XIII. THE VALE OF TEIFY 71

XIV. THE DEVIL’S BRIDGE 78

XV. THE GLOWING MOUNTAIN 85

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

ABEREDW AND BLACK MOUNTAINS _frontispiece_

FACING PAGE

CONWAY CASTLE 9

DISTANT VIEW OF CARNARVON BAY 16

VALLE CRUCIS ABBEY 25

CARNARVON CASTLE 32

BRAN THE BLESSED AT HARLECH CASTLE WATCHING
MATHOLWCH’S FLEET ARRIVE FROM IRELAND 41

A DRUID PRIEST 48

ST. CATHERINE’S ROCK, TENBY 57

THE WYE NEAR RHAYADER 64

CARDIGAN BAY 73

OLD ROMAN BRIDGE NEAR SWANSEA 80

THE STACK, HOLYHEAD (_p. 26_) _on the cover_

_Sketch-Map of Wales on page vi_