PREFACE.
The following pages may truthfully be said to be the result of labours, extending over many years, and of researches in directions too many to tell.
Born within almost a mile of Horncastle, and only by a few months escaping being born in it, since his father, on first coming to the neighbourhood, resided for a time in Horncastle, the author, from his earliest years (except for periodical absences) has been connected with the life,...
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