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CHAPTER IX.

Visits to Iron Manufactories—The Brades Works, and their Productions—The Wrekin—Willenhall ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

173

CHAPTER X.

Brick-making—Halesowen—Nail Trade—Shenstone and The Leasowes ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

218

CHAPTER XI.

Visit to Tong Castle and Church—Boscobel and Charles's Oak—Chances Glass-Works ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

242

CHAPTER XII.

Enville Gardens; their Relation and Value to the Black Country—Wolverhampton; its Historical Monuments and Associations and its Leading Manufactures ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

292

CHAPTER XIII.

The Lickey Hills—Redditch, and its Needle and Fish-hook Manufactures—Smethwick, Oldbury, Westbromwich, Wednesbury, Tipton, and Walsall, and their Industries—Table of Exports of the Black Country to the United States ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

330

CHAPTER XIV.

Visit to a Baronial Hall—Wild Cattle of Chartley—Lichfield; its Cathedral and Historical Associations—Coventry; its History and Industries—Kenilworth and its Romantic Reputation—Warwick Town and Castle—Leamington ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

362

CHAPTER XV.

Stratford-upon-Avon and Shakespeare; his Fame, Past and Prospective ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

439