T. Hearne respectively in 1710 and 1715; T.
Cox and A. Hall, _Magna Britannia_ (1720, based on Camden's
_Britannia_, in English); D. Defoe, _Tour through the whole Island of
Great Britain ... divided into Circuits or Journeys_ (1724-1727);
various works of Thomas Pennant, published between 1741 and 1820, and,
at the same period, of Arthur Young (topographical treatises on
agriculture, &c.); W. Gilpin, _Observations on Picturesque Beauty made
in the Year 1776 in several Parts of Great Britain_ (1778); _Essays on
Prints and Early Engravings; Western Parts of England_ (1798), and
other works on various districts; _Gentleman's Magazine_ (1731-1868);
E. W. Brayley, J. Britton and others, _Beauties of England and Wales,
or, Original Delineation, Topographical, Historical and Descriptive,
of each County_ (1801-1818; both the authors named wrote other
descriptive works on special localities; Britton wrote _Architectural
Antiquities of Great Britain_, 1835); Daniel Lysons (with the
collaboration of his brother Samuel), _Magna Britannia_,
_Topographical Account of the several Counties of Great Britain_
(1806-1822; the counties were taken alphabetically but on the death of
Samuel Lysons in 1819 the work was stopped at Devonshire); Sir G.
Head, _Home Tour in the Manufacturing Districts of England_ (1835);
Nathaniel Hawthorne, _English Notebooks_ (1870). Among modern
publications, out of a great mass of works of more or less popular
character, there may be mentioned the well-known series of _Murray's
Guides_, in which each volume treats of a county or group of counties.

Early in the 20th century the _Victoria History of the Counties of
England_ (dedicated to Queen Victoria) began to appear; its volumes
deal with each county from every aspect--natural history, prehistoric
and historic antiquities, ethnography, history, economic conditions,
topography and sport being dealt with by authorities in all branches.

The maps of the Ordnance, Geological and Hydrographic Surveys
delineate the configuration and geology of England and the adjacent
seas with a completeness unsurpassed in any other country. For
ordinary detailed work the best series of maps is found in
Bartholomew's _Survey Atlas of England and Wales_ (Edinburgh
Geographical Institute, 1903), which, besides small distributional,
physical and other maps and letterpress, contains a magnificent series
of colou