A New And Compendious History Of The County Of Warwick From The Earliest Period To The Present Time PDF Download

Excerpt from A New and Compendious History, of the County of Warwick, From the Earliest Period to the Present Time: Comprising Views, of the Principal Towns, Buildings, Modern Improvements, Seats of the Nobility and Gentry, Ecclesiastical Edifices, &C., &C IT has been generally supposed, that fame or emolument is the only stimulus to author ship; yet had not motives of a more mixed character actuated the present writer, the following pages would never have appeared to solicit the indulgence, or deprecate the severity of criticism. After devoting considerable time in ascertaining the different alterations an'd changes that have taken place, the author hopes it will not be deemed presumption in him to hint, that he is sensible some pleasure and improvement will be derived from perusing the following history. Every possible care and attention has been bestowed on the work to render it accurate. 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.