[Illustration: CATHEDRAL, FROM NORTH-EAST.]




                                CHESTER
                             WATER-COLOURS

                        BY E. HARRISON COMPTON

                       [Illustration: colophon]

                          A. & C. BLACK, LTD.
                   4, 5 & 6 SOHO SQUARE, LONDON, W.




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         A. & C. BLACK, LTD., 4, 5 & 6 SOHO SQUARE, LONDON, W.


                         _Published May, 1916_




                         LIST OF WATER-COLOURS

                        BY E. HARRISON COMPTON


     1.    The Cathedral, from North-East  _^{Frontispiece}_
     2.    Lectern in the Refectory
     3.    Watergate Street
     4.    Watergate Row, South Side
     5.    Stanley House
     6.    The Cross
     7.    Shrewsbury House (The “Bear and Billet”)
     8.    The Falcon Inn
     9.    Half-Timbered House in Whitefriars
    10.    The Abbey Gateway
    11.    The Pepper Gate
    12.    Chester Castle and Bridge, from South-West
    13.    The Canal and Bridge of Sighs
    14.    The Phœnix Tower (“King Charles’s” Tower)
    15.    Ruins of St. John’s Church, East End
    16.    The Cloister Garth, North-East Corner
    17.    St. Werburgh’s Shrine
    18.    The Water Tower: Welsh Hills in Distance
    19.    Dee Mills, Bridge and Weir
    20.    The Cathedral and St. Werburgh’s Street     _On the Cover_

[Illustration: LECTERN IN THE REFECTORY.]

[Illustration: WATERGATE STREET.]

[Illustration: WATERGATE ROW, SOUTH SIDE.]

[Illustration: STANLEY HOUSE.]

[Illustration: THE CROSS.]

[Illustration: SHREWSBURY HOUSE (THE “BEAR AND BILLET”).]

[Illustration: THE FALCON INN.]

[Illustration: HALF-TIMBERED HOUSE IN WHITEFRIARS.]

[Illustration: THE ABBEY GATEWAY.]

[Illustration: THE PEPPER GATE.]

[Illustration: CHESTER CASTLE AND BRIDGE, FROM SOUTH-WEST:
SALMON-FISHERS’ BOATS IN FOREGROUND.]

[Illustration: THE CANAL AND BRIDGE OF SIGHS.]

[Illustration: THE PHŒNIX TOWER (KING CHARLES’S TOWER).]

[Illustration: RUINS OF ST. JOHN’S CHURCH, EAST END.]

[Illustration: THE CLOISTER GARTH, NORTH-EAST CORNER.]

[Illustration: ST. WERBURGH’S SHRINE.]

[Illustration: THE WATER TOWER: WELSH HILLS IN DISTANCE.]

[Illustration: DEE MILLS, BRIDGE AND WEIR.]