Fairs, past and present

by Cornelius Walford

The fairs of Continental Europe required some elucidation. I have given therefore an outline of several of the more notable fairs of France, including those most famous gatherings of the middle ages at Champagne and Brie. Concerning these latter I have been able to present some original documents, forming part of the records of the City of London, and now for the first time printed. Many of these fairs are things of the past. I have added an outline of the fairs of Russia, including the great fair of Nijni-Novgorod, because these are institutions of the present. I think the history of this last-named fair has not previously been written in such detail.

I trust that the work will be found reasonably free alike from author’s and from printer’s errors.

C. W.

Belsize Park Gardens,
London, February, 1883.

ERRATA.

Page [17], first line, read dieta for dicta.

Pages [20], [21], [22], for Magna Carter read Magna Charta.

Page [21 (note)], sixth line, after “Saxon” read Tholl, Low Latin.