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The Cathedral Towns and Intervening Places of England, Ireland and Scotland:: A Description of Cities, Cathedrals, Lakes, Mountains, Ruins, and Watering-places.Silloway, Thomas W. (Thomas William)

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The Cathedral Towns and Intervening Places of England, Ireland and Scotland:: A Description of Cities, Cathedrals, Lakes, Mountains, Ruins, and Watering-places.

Name: The Cathedral Towns and Intervening Places of England, Ireland and Scotland:: A Description of Cities, Cathedrals, Lakes, Mountains, Ruins, and Watering-places.
Author: Silloway, Thomas W. (Thomas William)

Silloway, Thomas W. (Thomas William)

Great Britain -- Description and travel

THE

                            Cathedral Towns

                       AND INTERVENING PLACES OF

                           ENGLAND, IRELAND,

                                  AND

                               SCOTLAND:

        A DESCRIPTION OF CITIES, CATHEDRALS, LAKES, MOUNTAINS,
                      RUINS, AND WATERING-PLACES.

                                  BY

                          THOMAS W. SILLOWAY

                                  AND

                            LEE L. POWERS.

  "A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than
                 the giant himself."--DIDIMUS STELLA.

                                BOSTON:

                           CUPPLES AND HURD.

                          94 BOYLSTON STREET.

                                 1887.




                          _Copyright, 1883_,
                      BY A. WILLIAMS AND COMPANY.

                            THIRD EDITION.

                           UNIVERSITY PRESS:
                    JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE.




                                  TO

                        LUTHER GARDNER ROBBINS,

          THE GOOD COMPANION AND FRIEND OF ONE OF THE AUTHORS
                 FOR MORE THAN A QUARTER OF A CENTURY,
                   AND OF THE OTHER FOR SOME YEARS,

                              This Volume

             IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED AS A SMALL TOKEN
                         OF REGARD AND ESTEEM.




INTRODUCTORY.


The Authors, having travelled somewhat leisurely over important parts
of Ireland and Scotland, and in a yet more deliberate and critical
manner over the principal parts of England,--observing not only salient
points in the life of each country, but at the same time passing in
review their history and work,--and believing that a synopsis of what
their New England eyes, ears, and minds saw, heard, and discovered,
would be acceptable to the public, one of them prepared a series of
articles which were published in one of the weekly papers of Boston.
The interest awakened, and a belief that these reminiscences should be
put into a more permanent form, have inclined the authors to amend the
articles as the case seemed to demand, and they are thus presented in
this volume.

When the original papers were prepared, a departure from the usual
custom of writers on travel was made. Instead of simply recording
personal observations, the labor was extended by the incorporation of
historic and biographic facts, the authors hoping that, while their
work would be valuable and interesting as a compend to those familiar
with the facts, it would also be entertaining and instructive to that
large class, in all communities, who are without the means of obtaining
such information. Care was therefore exercised to obtain data verified
by the testimony of various authors.

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