"A tale should be judicious, clear, succinct;
The language plain, and incidents well link'd;
Tell not as new what everybody knows,
And, new or old, still hasten to a close."
Cowper.
Durham
Printed and Published by
J. H. VEITCH & SONS, 24 and 25 North Road
1907
PRICE THREE SHILLINGS AND SIXPENCE
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