Bygone Scotland: Historical and SocialMaxwell, David
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Bygone Scotland: Historical and Social
Maxwell, David
Scotland -- History
IN GREAT BRITAIN.
Chronicled from the Earliest to the Present Time.
By WILLIAM ANDREWS, F.R.H.S.,
Author of “BYGONE ENGLAND,” “CURIOSITIES OF THE CHURCH,”
“OLD-TIME PUNISHMENTS,” ETC.
Only 400 copies printed, each copy numbered, and only 20 remain
on sale. Three curious full-page illustrations.
This work furnishes a carefully prepared account of all the great Frosts
occurring in this country from A.D. 134 to 1887. The numerous Frost
Fairs on the Thames are fully described, and illustrated with quaint
woodcuts, and several old ballads relating to the subject are
reproduced. It is tastefully printed and elegantly bound.
_The following are a few of the many favourable reviews of
“Famous Frosts and Frost Fairs”_:—
“The work is thoroughly well written, it is careful in its facts, and
may be pronounced exhaustive on the subject. Illustrations are given of
several frost fairs on the Thames, and as a trustworthy record this
volume should be in every good library. The usefulness of the work is
much enhanced by a good index.”—_Public Opinion._
“The book is beautifully got up.”—_Barnsley Independent._
“A very interesting volume.”—_Northern Daily Telegraph._
“A great deal of curious and valuable information is contained in these
pages.... A comely volume.”—_Literary World._
“The work from first to last is a most attractive one, and the arts
alike of printer and binder have been brought into one to give it a
pleasing form.”—_Wakefield Free Press._
“An interesting and valuable work.”—_West Middlesex Times._
“Not likely to fail in interest.”—_Manchester Guardian._
“This chronology has been a task demanding extensive research and
considerable labour and patience, and Mr. Andrews is to be heartily
congratulated on the result.”—_Derby Daily Gazette._
“A volume of much interest and great importance.”—_Rotherham
Advertiser._
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+_Elegantly bound in cloth gilt, demy 8vo, price 7s. 6d._+
_Only 500 copies printed, and each copy numbered. Only 30 copies
remain on sale._
BYGONE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE:
Its History, Folk-Lore, and Memorable Men and Women.
_Edited by WILLIAM ANDREWS, F.R.H.S._,
Author of “BYGONE ENGLAND,” “OLD-TIME PUNISHMENTS,” “CURIOSITIES
OF THE CHURCH,” “OLD CHURCH LORE.”
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