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publication in a volume of his own editing . Such a man is of great value in any part of the Avorld in which he may be located ; and he has done good service to historical literature in bringing out , at the very
reasonable price of three halfcroAvns , the neatly printed and well-illustrated book on Worksop , "The Dukery , " and Sherwood Forest , now before me , Avhich I have read with much interest . It is Avell-Avritten . and
every page teems Avith useful information . "By frequent visits to the British Museum , " says he , ' * and by reference to other acknoAvledged sources of information , I have sought to verify every historical fact
given , and I believe no statement of importance has been made Avithout some competent authority having been consulted , " This is as it should be ; for it is astonishing AAhat imaginary rubbish is often foisted
upon the reading public , by Avriters AVIIO ought to know better , as matter of fact , which ought not eA * en to be given as matter of fancy . Shakspere ' s " unhappy marriage" may be taken as a sample ,
although there never Avas the least ground for the suspicion , but the misunderstanding of his -will , in Avhich he only leaves his Avife their " second-best bed Avith the furniture , "—she being entitled to dower .
Poor Kit MarloAve is still trounced b y angry critics for the play of Lust ' s Dominion , which has long since been shown not to be his . All history is full of blunders and misrepresentations .
And—though as I Avrite , the heir to the British CroAvn is being installed as the most worshi pful ruler of the Craft in England , supported by two others of our beloved Queen ' s sons—Bro . Woodford has
found it necessary to publish a book of arguments to prove that Freemasons do not reall y form one of the devil ' s regiments of the line , leagued for upsetting all good government on earth , and bringing about social anarchy and ruin . Only those Avriters
AA'ho have laboured hard to avoid errors in their writings , and after all have often found themselves misled by authors Avhom they had regarded as trustworth y , know Avhat even attempting to verify one ' s statements means .
And Mr . White has been fortunate in friends of kindred sympathies . John Holland , of Sheffield , whose History of Worksop , published about half a century ago , would be found useful in compiling the
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present Avork ; Charles Rees Pemberton , AVIIO " used to return from his rambles in the woods around Worksop , decorated from head to foot Avith ferns and evergreens , "
Avhich soon drooped and died there , but lh * e as green as his memory in his writings ; honest Christopher Thompson , artist , naturalist , and author , Avhom I thought it an honour to sit on the same sofa Avith
Avhen I met him in Leeds many years ago : these gifted men have all three long since paid the debt of nature , and Mr . White has reason to be proud of having had the high honour to call and feel them friends . Nor have living worthies given him the cold shoulder in his useful labours . The
Rev . J . Stacye , M . A ., has contributed an admirable paper on " The Ancient History of Sherwood Forest ; " the Venerable Archdeacon Trollope has alloAved " the free use of his valuable paper on the monastic
remains , " as Avell as rendered other help ; 0 . Tylden Wright , Esq , has written for the book a careful chapter on the geology of the district , apparently in the same loving spirit as that in which the late
beloved Professor Phillips did the same for my own People ' s History of Cleveland ; Captain A . E . Lawsou-Lowe , has given the pedigree of the early Lords of Worksop ; Earl Manners has alloAved the use of
his Tlioresby Manuscript ; William HoAvitt has allowed the use of his chapter on Sherwood Forest , from The Rural life in England ; W . J . Sterland , Esq ., has contributed the Zoology of the forest ; R . E .
Brameld , Esq ., the Lepidoptera ; H . R . Gilson , Esq ., has arranged , the papers of their old friend John Bolder , on the Flora of the Forest ; my friend , January Searle ' s Leaves from Sherwood Forest—of which
I remember reading the proofs with pleasure as it passed through the press—is quoted amongst others ; and Dr . Spencer T . Hall , " the Shenvood Forester , " who , Goldsmith like , adorns whatever he touches ,
is here found " recounting the glories of his native realm , ' The Land of Robin Hood . '" With such subjects aud such helps , a man of inferior talents to Mr . White might have made a readable book :
but he has done more , for he has produced what must now be considered the standard book on Worksop , " The Dukery , " and Sherwood Forest ; and it is to be hoped that the public will patronise the work as it deserves .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
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publication in a volume of his own editing . Such a man is of great value in any part of the Avorld in which he may be located ; and he has done good service to historical literature in bringing out , at the very
reasonable price of three halfcroAvns , the neatly printed and well-illustrated book on Worksop , "The Dukery , " and Sherwood Forest , now before me , Avhich I have read with much interest . It is Avell-Avritten . and
every page teems Avith useful information . "By frequent visits to the British Museum , " says he , ' * and by reference to other acknoAvledged sources of information , I have sought to verify every historical fact
given , and I believe no statement of importance has been made Avithout some competent authority having been consulted , " This is as it should be ; for it is astonishing AAhat imaginary rubbish is often foisted
upon the reading public , by Avriters AVIIO ought to know better , as matter of fact , which ought not eA * en to be given as matter of fancy . Shakspere ' s " unhappy marriage" may be taken as a sample ,
although there never Avas the least ground for the suspicion , but the misunderstanding of his -will , in Avhich he only leaves his Avife their " second-best bed Avith the furniture , "—she being entitled to dower .
Poor Kit MarloAve is still trounced b y angry critics for the play of Lust ' s Dominion , which has long since been shown not to be his . All history is full of blunders and misrepresentations .
And—though as I Avrite , the heir to the British CroAvn is being installed as the most worshi pful ruler of the Craft in England , supported by two others of our beloved Queen ' s sons—Bro . Woodford has
found it necessary to publish a book of arguments to prove that Freemasons do not reall y form one of the devil ' s regiments of the line , leagued for upsetting all good government on earth , and bringing about social anarchy and ruin . Only those Avriters
AA'ho have laboured hard to avoid errors in their writings , and after all have often found themselves misled by authors Avhom they had regarded as trustworth y , know Avhat even attempting to verify one ' s statements means .
And Mr . White has been fortunate in friends of kindred sympathies . John Holland , of Sheffield , whose History of Worksop , published about half a century ago , would be found useful in compiling the
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present Avork ; Charles Rees Pemberton , AVIIO " used to return from his rambles in the woods around Worksop , decorated from head to foot Avith ferns and evergreens , "
Avhich soon drooped and died there , but lh * e as green as his memory in his writings ; honest Christopher Thompson , artist , naturalist , and author , Avhom I thought it an honour to sit on the same sofa Avith
Avhen I met him in Leeds many years ago : these gifted men have all three long since paid the debt of nature , and Mr . White has reason to be proud of having had the high honour to call and feel them friends . Nor have living worthies given him the cold shoulder in his useful labours . The
Rev . J . Stacye , M . A ., has contributed an admirable paper on " The Ancient History of Sherwood Forest ; " the Venerable Archdeacon Trollope has alloAved " the free use of his valuable paper on the monastic
remains , " as Avell as rendered other help ; 0 . Tylden Wright , Esq , has written for the book a careful chapter on the geology of the district , apparently in the same loving spirit as that in which the late
beloved Professor Phillips did the same for my own People ' s History of Cleveland ; Captain A . E . Lawsou-Lowe , has given the pedigree of the early Lords of Worksop ; Earl Manners has alloAved the use of
his Tlioresby Manuscript ; William HoAvitt has allowed the use of his chapter on Sherwood Forest , from The Rural life in England ; W . J . Sterland , Esq ., has contributed the Zoology of the forest ; R . E .
Brameld , Esq ., the Lepidoptera ; H . R . Gilson , Esq ., has arranged , the papers of their old friend John Bolder , on the Flora of the Forest ; my friend , January Searle ' s Leaves from Sherwood Forest—of which
I remember reading the proofs with pleasure as it passed through the press—is quoted amongst others ; and Dr . Spencer T . Hall , " the Shenvood Forester , " who , Goldsmith like , adorns whatever he touches ,
is here found " recounting the glories of his native realm , ' The Land of Robin Hood . '" With such subjects aud such helps , a man of inferior talents to Mr . White might have made a readable book :
but he has done more , for he has produced what must now be considered the standard book on Worksop , " The Dukery , " and Sherwood Forest ; and it is to be hoped that the public will patronise the work as it deserves .