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

Blackie and Son Limited

Blackie and Son Limited was a publishing house in Glasgow, Scotland and in London, England, from 1890 to 1991.The firm was founded in 1809 by John Blackie, snr. as a partnership with two others and was originally known as 'Blackie, Fullerton and Company'. It began printing in 1819 and was renamed...

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

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 and was illustrated by watercolour landscape painter, E W Haslehust.

Blackie & Son also published other related series - "Beautiful Scotland", "Beautiful Ireland" and "Beautiful Switzerland".

Book Titles

"Beautiful England" series:

• Bradley, A. G. The English Lakes (1910).
• Danks, William. Canterbury (1910).
• Thomas, Edward. Windsor Castle (1910).
• Heath, Sidney
  Sidney Heath
  Sidney Heath was a notable English landscape artist, illustrator and author of books on local topography, history and architecture. He specialised in drawings of old buildings....
  
  . The Heart of Wessex (1910).
• How, Frederick Douglas. Oxford (1910).
• Jerrold, Walter
  Walter Jerrold
  Walter Copeland Jerrold was an English writer, biographer and newspaper editor.-Life and work:Jerrold was born in Liverpool, the son of Thomas Jerrold and Jane Copeland , and one of 11 children...
  
  . Norwich and the Broads (1910).
• Jerrold, Walter. The Thames (1910)
• Barwell, Noel. Cambridge (1911).
• Benson, George. York (1911).
• Thomas, Edward
  Edward Thomas (poet)
  Philip Edward Thomas was an Anglo-Welsh writer of prose and poetry. He is commonly considered a war poet, although few of his poems deal directly with his war experiences. Already an accomplished writer, Thomas turned to poetry only in 1914...
  
  . The Isle of Wight (1911).
• Edwards, Charles & Bennett, J. H. E. Chester (1911)
• Gilchrist, 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, Murray. The Dukeries (1913).
• Morley, George. Warwick and Leamington (1913).
• Salmon, Arthur Leslie. Dartmoor (Blackie and son, 1913)
• Salmon, Arthur Leslie. Bath and Wells (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. The Heart of London (1924)
• Jerrold, Walter. Through London's highways (1924)
• Jerrold, Walter. In London's by-ways (1925)
• Jerrold, Walter. Rambles in Greater London (1925)
• Jerrold, Walter. Shakespeare Land (1930).

"Beautiful Scotland" series:

• Eyre-Todd, George. Loch Lomond, Loch Katrine, and the Trossachs (1922).
• Geddie, John. Edinburgh (1936).
• Geddie, John. The Scott Country (1938).

Beautiful Ireland series:

• Gwynn, S. L. Ulster (1911)
• Gwynn, S. L. Leinster (1911)
• Gwynn, S. L. Munster (1912)
• Gwynn, S. L. Connaught (1912)

External links

• Beautiful England