02744cam a22003253u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000320011324500290014526400510017430000470022533600260027233700260029833800360032450000310036050800140039152017390040553400670214465300230221165300330223465300490226785600590231685600430237576393UtSlPG20260610134752.0mcr n260607r20251920utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aParks, Leighton,d1852-193810aEnglish ways and by-ways 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2025  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2025-06-27  aAl Haines  a"English ways and by-ways :  Being the letters of John and Ruth Dobson written…." by Leighton Parks is a humorous epistolary travelogue written in the early 20th century. Framed as lively letters from two young Americans touring England before the Great War, it blends motoring adventures with sharp, affectionate sketches of English society, religion, and class. The likely focus is a light, witty comparison of English and American ways, aiming to entertain while gently promoting mutual understanding.  The opening of this travelogue follows John, an overworked American clergyman, and his wife Ruth as a small inheritance prompts a long-dreamed European holiday—by motorcar. John endures a comic, hair‑raising driving “education,” they buy a “fool‑proof” Frontenac with a self-starter, sail on a German liner (complete with a Sunday service and reflections on national rivalries), and receive the car at Tilbury amid talk of docks and durability. Their journey up the Great North Road brings wrong-side-of-the-road blunders, a crumpled mudguard, cathedral visits, and literary musings, before a Yorkshire stay lets Ruth contrast smooth-running English households, nannies, and dinner rituals with American habits. A near-fatal downhill dash (caused by grabbing the fourth-speed lever instead of the brake) yields a key tip—use engine braking on descents—while Sunday brings an offended exit from a sermon on Jael and redemption in a tender evensong. The section closes with a Tory defense of the Established Church and a radiant slice of rural England: a huntsman “walking” hounds, a Derby-bred mount, a sheepdog at work, and irresistible cottages and gardens. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cNew York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920  aEpistolary fiction  aAutomobile travel -- Fiction  aEngland -- Description and travel -- Fiction4 uhttps://archive.org/details/englishwaysbyway00parkiala40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76393