Author: Mrs. Arthur Bell
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2016-11-24
Total Pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9781334404436
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Excerpt from From Harbour to Harbour: The Story of Christchurch, Bournemouth and Poole From the Earliest Times to the Present Day Joint work, Bournemouth, 1810 much valuable information has been taken; Messrs. Kegan Paul, Trench, Triibner and Co., who have allowed The Beam of Grenley Church and portions of The Common A took-in and The Dreven o' the Common, all by the Dorset poet William Barnes, to appear; Mr. Edward Eyres, proprietor of the Christchurch Times, to whose courtesy is due the inclusion of the scarcely less beautiful but anonymous Legend of the Twynham Beam, which appeared some years ago in his paper; Mr. Harold Vallings, author Of the delightful romance The Smugglers of Haven Quay; the Rev. Canon Cooke Yarborough, from whose Foreword to his brother's pastoral play, Contraband, several smuggling stories have been taken; and Mr. George A. B. Dewar, whose poetic descriptions of Hengistbury Head and the neigh bouring district are full of inspiration. Nancy bell. 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."