Press Opinions.
“It is a really excellent repository of the best local poetry of the Northern Counties, the specimens being selected with sound judgment, and the pithy biographies being in the case of each poet supplied by some writer well situated to obtain original and reliable information.”—Lancashire Evening Post.
“Mr. Andrews has not only achieved success, but deserved it.”—Eastern Morning News.
“All lovers of English literature will eagerly welcome this work.”—York Gazette.
“It is really a handsome and interesting book. It is a permanent addition to the literature of the North Country.”—Newcastle Weekly Chronicle.
“The biographical sketches are interesting in the extreme.”—Sheffield Daily Telegraph.
“The memoirs are exceedingly well done, and the sample pieces have been chosen with sound critical judgment.”—Christian Leader.
London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., Limited.
Hull: William Andrews & Co., Hull Press.
[AN IMPORTANT BOOK FOR REFERENCE.]
F’cap 4to. Bevelled boards, gilt tops, Price 4s.
FAMOUS FROSTS AND FROST FAIRS IN GREAT BRITAIN.
Chronicled from the Earliest to the Present Time.
By WILLIAM ANDREWS, F.R.H.S.,
Author of “Curiosities of the Church,” “Old-Time
Punishments,” etc.
Only 400 copies printed, each copy numbered, and only 50 remain on sale. Three curious full-page illustrations.
This work furnishes a carefully prepared account of all the great Frosts occurring in this country from A.D. 134 to 1887. The numerous Frost Fairs on the Thames are fully described, and illustrated with quaint woodcuts, and several old ballads relating to the subject are reproduced. It is tastefully printed and elegantly bound.
The following are a few of the many favourable reviews of “Famous Frosts and Frost Fairs.”
“The work is thoroughly well written, it is careful in its facts, and may be pronounced exhaustive on the subject. Illustrations are given of several frost fairs on the Thames, and as a trustworthy record this volume should be in every good library. The usefulness of the work is much enhanced by a good index.”—Public Opinion.
“The book is beautifully got up.”—Barnsley Independent.
“A very interesting volume.”—Northern Daily Telegraph.
“A great deal of curious and valuable information is contained in these pages.... A comely volume.”—Literary World.
“The work from first to last is a most attractive one, and the arts alike of printer and binder have been brought into one to give it a pleasing form.”—Wakefield Free Press.
“An interesting and valuable work.”—West Middlesex Times.
“Not likely to fail in interest.”—Manchester Guardian.
“This chronology has been a task demanding extensive research and considerable labour and patience, and Mr. Andrews is to be heartily congratulated on the result.”—Derby Daily Gazette.
“A volume of much interest and great importance.”—Rotherham Advertiser.