Travelling on horseback through southern England in the early 19th century William Cobbett provides evocative & accurate descriptions of the countryside colourful accounts of his encounters with labourers & indignant outbursts at the encroaching cities & the sufferings of the exploited poor. Ian Dyck's new edition places these lively accounts of rural life in the context of Cobbett's political & social beliefs & reveals the volume as his platform for rural radical reform.