A Short Historical Sketch of the Town of Dover, and Its Neighbourhood

Download or read book A Short Historical Sketch of the Town of Dover, and Its Neighbourhood written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-25 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Short Historical Sketch of the Town of Dover, and Its Neighbourhood: Containing a Concise History of the Town and Castle, From the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time; With a Description of the Villages Near Dover, Within the Distance of Six Miles The encouragement given by the public to the fiive editions of this little Sketch, has been so attering, as to induce the compiler to offer a reprint of the sixth to their notice upon a somewhat extended scale Those editions have all, though contrary to the fashion of the times, been sent into the world unadorned with those picturesque beauties, which are frequently better calculated to please the eye, than to enlighten the understanding; thus resting its claim to public favour, solely upon the information it conveys. The. Proprietor of the presept hhvfei'cr, added an embelhsbniedt} 19 '{aop the tide; 15561 a plan of the town. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."