‘Mr. Ritchie, known to the numerous readers of the _Christian World_ as “Christopher Crayon,” has the pen of a ready, racy, refreshing writer. He never writes a dull line, and never for a moment allows our interest to flag. In the work before us, which is not his first, he is, I should think, at his best. The volume is the outcome of extensive reading, many rambles over the districts described, and of thoughtful observation. We seem to live and move and have our being in East Anglia. Its folk-lore, its traditions, its worthies, its memorable events, are all vividly and charmingly placed before us, and we close the book sorry that there is no more of it, and wondering why it is that works of a similar kind have not more frequently appeared.’—_Northern Pioneer_. ‘It has yielded us more gratification than any work that we have read for a considerable time. The book ought to have a wide circulation in the Eastern counties, and will not fail to yield profit and delight wherever it finds its way.’—_Essex Telegraph_. ‘Mr. Ritchie has here written a most attractive chapter of autobiography. He recalls the scenes of his early days, and whatever was quaint or striking in connection with them, and finds in his recollections ready pegs on which to hang historical incident and antiquarian curiosities of many kinds. He passes from point to point in a delightfully cheerful and contagious mood. Mr. Ritchie’s reading has been as extensive and careful as his observation is keen and his temper genial; and his pages, which appeared in _The Christian World Magazine_, well deserve the honour of book-form, with the additions he has been able to make to them.’—_British Quarterly Review_. * * * * * EAST ANGLIA. _PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS_ AND _HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS_. * * * * * BY J. EWING RITCHIE. * * * * * ‘Behold, there came wise men from the East to Jerusalem.’ MATTHEW. * * * * * _SECOND EDITION_, REVISED, CORRECTED, AND ENLARGED. * * * * * LONDON: JARROLD & SONS, PATERNOSTER BUILDINGS, E.C. 1893. PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.