A Guide to the Mount's Bay and the Land's End / Comprehending the topography, botany, agriculture, fisheries, antiquities, mining, mineralogy and geology of West Cornwall

The guide surveys the Mount's Bay and Land's End district of western Cornwall, describing its topography, scenery, climate, and vegetation and providing meteorological notes and observations on mildness that support its appeal to invalids. It details local agriculture, fisheries, public amenities in Penzance, and institutions such as the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall and its collections. Several illustrated excursions explore Saint Michael's Mount, Land's End, Logan Rock, and the Lizard peninsula, combining geological descriptions with notes on antiquities, mining, mineralogy, and coastal geomorphology. Appendices include a dialogue on comparative climates for health and a Cornish dialect piece.