Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Yorkshire: Its Scenes, Lore and Legends; Elaborated From a Prize Essay Written for the Bradford Geographical Exhibition, 1887
One cannot but regret that he wrote so little of York shire. Had his thoughts been directed to its other dales, as Rokeby directed them to Teesdale, his pen would have found in them all scenes worthy of its power; scenes, charming or awe-inspiring in themselves, that needed but his master-touch to make them doubly so. It is to be hoped that one of Yorkshire's own sons may yet arise to do for these scenes what he did for Scotland. But if meanwhile we must be content with less vivid pic tures, manhood and youth alike may still find both pleasure and profit in them. To the up-grown there is wide seepe, not only for self-cultivation, but for adding to the sum of human knowledge, in studying the origin, surroundings, and associated lore of localities. Combine these branches with the Geographical' and Topographical instruction of the young, and we have a subject that stirs up the spirit of inquiry, quickens the imagination, fixes the attention, and develops the intellect - a geographical lesson that is culture instead of cram. To this higher educational aim the present sketch owes its origin. 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.
