The Cornish Riviera

The majority of our English counties possess some special feature, some

particular attraction which acts as a lodestone for tourists, in the form of a

stately cathedral, striking physical beauty, or a wealth of historical or

literary associations. There are large districts of rural England that would

have remained practically unknown to the multitude had it not been for

their possession of some superb architectural creation, or for the fame

bestowed upon the district by the makers of literature and art. The Bard of

Avon was perhaps the unconscious pioneer in the way of providing his

native town and county with a valuable asset of this kind. The novels of

Scott drew thousands of his readers to the North Country, and those of R.

D. Blackmore did the same for the scenes so graphically depicted in Lorna

Doone; while Thomas Hardy is probably responsible for half the number of

tourists who visit Dorset.