“Amusing and interesting sketches.”—_Law Times._ “Pleasant gossip about the barristers’ quarter.”—_Gentlewoman._ “A very pleasant little volume.”—_Globe._ “An entertaining little book.”—_Manchester Examiner._ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ +_Elegantly bound in cloth gilt, demy 8vo., price 7s. 6d._+ Bygone Derbyshire: Its History, Romance, Folk-Lore, Curious Customs, etc. EDITED BY WILLIAM ANDREWS, F.R.H.S. Derbyshire is rich in historical associations of an out-of-the-way character. In the pages of “Bygone Derbyshire” are presented in a readable, and at the same time in a scholar-like style, papers, profusely illustrated, bearing on such subjects as the history of the county, ancient castles, monumental brasses, gleanings from parochial records, old church lore, family romance, traditions, curious customs, witchcraft, well-dressing, old-time sports, etc., etc. _Contents_:—Historic Derbyshire, by Thomas Frost—On an Early Christian Tomb at Wirksworth, by Rev. J. Charles Cox, LL.D., F.S.A.—Curious Derbyshire Lead-Mining Customs, by William Andrews, F.R.H.S.—The Place- Name Derby, by Frederick Davis, F.S.A.—Duffield Castle, by Jno. Ward— Haddon Hall—The Romance of Haddon Hall—The Ordeal of Touch—The Monumental Brasses at Tideswell, by James L. Thornely—Bolsover Castle, by Enid A. M. Cox—The Lamp of St. Helen, by T. Tindall Wildridge—Peveril Castle, by James L. Thornely—Samuel Slater, the Father of the American Cotton Manufacture, by William E. A. Axon—The Bakewell Witches, by T. Tindall Wildridge—Mary Queen of Scots in Derbyshire—The Babington Conspiracy—Eyam and its Sad Memories, by W. G. Fretton, F.S.A.—Well- Dressing, by Rev. Geo. S. Tyack, B.A.—Old-Time Football, by Theo. Arthur—After Thirty Years: An Incident of the Civil War, by Edward Lamplough—Derbyshire and the ’45, by Rev. Geo. S. Tyack, B.A.—Bess of Hardwick, by Frederick Ross, F.R.H.S.—Shadows of Romance—Index. PRESS OPINIONS. “‘Bygone Derbyshire’ is a valuable and interesting contribution to local history and archæology.”—_The Times._ “The volume is pleasant reading of a most attractive county.”—_Daily Telegraph._ “A very interesting and welcome addition to the literature of Derbyshire.—_Derbyshire Courier._ “Mr. Andrews is to be warmly complimented on the all-round excellence of his work, which forms a valuable addition to Derbyshire literature.”— _Alfreton Journal._ “A valuable addition to any library.”—_Derbyshire Times._ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ +_Elegantly bound in cloth gilt, demy 8vo., 7s. 6d._+ BYGONE LEICESTERSHIRE. Edited by WILLIAM ANDREWS, F.R.H.S., _Author of “Old Church Lore,” “Curiosities of the Church,” “Old-Time Punishments,” etc._