Britons' Early Living--Roman Luxury--British Oysters--Roman Supper--Saxon Law of Host and Guest--Canute's Dinner-law--Origin of "Lady"--Saxon Provisions--Saxon Feasts--Early Baking--Elecampane--Ale and Beer--Brewing in Monasteries and Colleges--Oxford Ale--Ancient Vineyards--Danish Drinking--Ancient Names of Provisions 61-70

Castles of England--Roman Castles--Pevensey--Maiden Castle and Poundbury--Introduction of Bricks--Norman Castles--Conisborough and _Ivanhoe_--Tonbridge Castle--Bedford Castle Siege--Raby Castle, Durham--Kitchen of Raby--Durham Castle, Kitchen and Buttery--Legend of Mulgrave Castle--Corfe Castle, and King Edward the Martyr--Lady Bankes's Defence of Corfe--Castles _temp._ Edward III.--Windsor Castle, its History and Description--St. George's Chapel--Round Tower and Round Table--William of Wykeham and Chaucer, Clerks of the Works, Windsor Castle--Restoration of Windsor Castle, by George IV.--Sir Jeffrey Wyatville's Gothic--Canon Bowles on Windsor Castle--Pictures at Windsor; Keep, and Private Apartments--Warwick Castle, its History: Pictures, Warwick Vase--Guy's apocryphal Curiosities--Historical Earls of Warwick--Kenilworth Castle--Leicester and Queen Elizabeth--Arundel Castle--Dukes of Norfolk--Bevis's Tower and its Legend--Norman Remains, Interior, Vineyards, Historical Picture 71-108

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The Old English House--Norman Houses--The Manor-house--The Hall--City Companies' Halls--Embattled Mansions--Wingfield and Cowdray--Mary Queen of Scots at Wingfield--Thornbury Castle and its History--Longleat, Wilts--John Thorpe, the Elizabethan Architect--Holland House, Kensington--Burghley, Northamptonshire--Hatfield House, Herts--Campden, Gloucestershire--Haddon Hall, Derbyshire--Lines on Haddon--The Great Hall--Hall at Hampton Court--Hall Windows--Hall Fires--College and Inns of Court Halls--Hall in Aubrey's Time--Queen Victoria at Hatfield--Eltham Palace Hall, its present Condition--Early Mansions of the English Gentry--The Oldest Dwelling-house in England--Wood and Stone in building--London built of Wood--Chestnut Timber and Ornamental Carpentry--Kenilworth Hall Roof--Half-Timbered Houses in London--English Cottages--Sussex Cottages, by Cobbett--Brambletye House and the Comptons 109-134

Nooks and Corners of English Life, Past and Present — Part 3