- "Scenic descriptions . . . invested with a poetic glamour" — Baker and Packman
- John Ridd at work in the landscape — counterpointing description and story-telling
- "Word-scapes" (word-painting) almost always of specific British counties: Devon, Glamorganshire, Gloucestershire, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey, Sussex, Yorkshire
- Local Dialect in Lorna Doone — an example
- John Ridd visits London
Last modified 8 June 2007