Sweet little book

We have sitting here on our computer desk a book, a delightful little book.  It measures perhaps 4 inches along the spine and 6 inches across the bottom.  The notes in our database regarding it are very descriptive:  nice chromos, oblong, boards bowed, text block strong, some damp-staining, "sweet little book."  The title of this Nelsons Pictorial Guide Book is The English Lakes in the Neighbourhood of Ambleside (1870).  And it is a fabulous little book.  I believe the chromos refers to chromolithography which was used in the mid to late 1800's.  There are 12 chromos in this book and the coloring is wonderful - it is soft and it is vibrant.  They are of places like Blea Tarn, Ambleside, Clappersgate, Windermere, Grasmere, Elterwater, graves of Wordsworth & Coleridge, and Rydal Mount.  Being a good guide book, the places are described with geographic location, who may have been living there in 1870, excerpts from poetry regarding these sites, and folklore surrounding the names and sites.  What a delightful frolic is held with in the covers of this book.  There are treasures all around us.  Take time this week to find and to appreciate the treasures in your life!!