“We are exceedingly pleased with this elegant and judicious Guide. We think it is formed after the best plan, that of pure and terse description of those objects which are actually presented to the eyes of the stranger, neither overloaded with history and biography, which he may study more appropriately in other works, and on less hurried occasions, nor degraded by the introduction of mean and insignificant subjects. To the residents of Shrewsbury, the utility of this little volume is enhanced by a catalogue of its eminent natives, and lists of native birds and plants. The whole work bears evidence of the ability and good taste of the author. “We must particularly praise the pains taken to give a full account of the Grammar School, and its eminent scholars, who, under the conduct of the late and present head masters, (the late Bishop of Lichfield and Dr. Kennedy), have won an extraordinary proportion of the prizes at both universities, as is shewn in the highly honourable lists here printed. The volume is embellished with no less than sixty engravings on wood.” _Gentleman’s Magazine_. “This ‘Guide through the Town of Shrewsbury’ is, in every particular, a well-arranged, comprehensive, correct, and intelligent book of reference. “There is no town in England better known by name than Shrewsbury—from its cakes and annual show, to its famed Grammar School and useful Institutions; but this Guide will make both natives and strangers better acquainted with its antiquity, its internal regulations, and the character of its inhabitants, than could have been derived from any previous publication of the kind. It goes so minutely into particulars, traces sources with so much industry and accuracy, and details events with so much vividness and perspicuity, that it should be called a miniature History of Shrewsbury.” . . . _Analyst_. “It really is one proof, and that not the least remarkable, of the rapid improvement of provincial literature within the past fifteen years, that the standard of guide-books is of a far higher degree of excellence than formerly was the case. THIS _Guide to Shrewsbury_ is neatly written, abounds with every species of information, historical, descriptive, and other, which relates to the subjects noticed, is profusely illustrated with wood-cuts, and lastly, has appended to it what is of much value to works of this kind a _Flora_ and _Fauna_ of the neighbourhood. As a specimen of country printing, the book is remarkable; it might have passed for the work of a VIZETELLY or BRADBURY.”—_Critic_. “A pleasing little volume, not more remarkable for the neat and workmanlike manner in which it is ‘got-up,’ than for the simple and unaffected style in which it is written.”—_Manchester Chronicle_.