Front matter
Reading edition
Transcribed from the 1824 (second) edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org
THE STRANGER IN SHREWSBURY: OR, AN HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE VIEW OF SHREWSBURY AND ITS ENVIRONS.
BY THOMAS HOWELL.
SECOND EDITION. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A lovely spot For all that life can ask! Salubrious! mild! Its hills are green: its woods and prospects fair! Its meadows fertile! And to crown the whole In one delightful word—it is our Home— Our Native Place.
COTTLE’S ALFRED.
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Shrewsbury: PRINTED AND SOLD BY THE AUTHOR, And by the Booksellers in the County.
1824.
THE author cannot permit a second edition of the Stranger to issue from the press, without acknowledging the lasting obligation he is under to his fellow-townsmen, for the friendly patronage bestowed on its first appearance.
Shrewsbury, May 18, 1824.