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black’s guide book advertiser.
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MURRAY’S HANDBOOKS
FOR TRAVELLERS IN ENGLAND.
MURRAY’S HANDBOOK FOR MODERN LONDON. ,
A Complete Guide for Strangers to all the Objects of Interest in the
Metropolis. Map. 16mo. 5s. , ' .
Tl/rURRAY’S HANDBOOK FOR WILTS, DORSET,
L ILL AND SOMERSET. Map. Post 8vo.
III.
MURRAY’S HANDBOOK FOR DEVON AND CORN-
■ WALL. Maps. Post 8vo.
IV.
MURRAY’S HANDBOOK FOR KENT AND SUSSEX; |
Map. Post 8vo. 10s.
V.
MURRAY’S HANDBOOK FOR SURREY, HANTS, 1
AND THE ISLE OF WIGHT. Map. Post 8vo. 7s. 6d.
The object of Mdrkas’s Handbooks is to give matter-of-fact descnp- ;
j tions of what ought to be,seen at each place, and is calculated to interest an t
?intelligent English traveller, without bewildering him with an account of i
! all that may be seen to avoid chronological details, and instead of
1 abridging the records of a town from beginning to end, to select such local ;
; anecdotes as are connected with remarkable events which have happened j
: there, or with distinguished men who have lived there to adopt as simple 1
’and condensed a style as possible, avoiding florid descriptions and exagge¬
rated superlativesand to use the descriptions of others, where good and j
, correct, rather than obtrude extracts from the Editor’s own journals.
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE: STREET.
17
MURRAY’S HANDBOOKS
FOR TRAVELLERS IN ENGLAND.
MURRAY’S HANDBOOK FOR MODERN LONDON. ,
A Complete Guide for Strangers to all the Objects of Interest in the
Metropolis. Map. 16mo. 5s. , ' .
Tl/rURRAY’S HANDBOOK FOR WILTS, DORSET,
L ILL AND SOMERSET. Map. Post 8vo.
III.
MURRAY’S HANDBOOK FOR DEVON AND CORN-
■ WALL. Maps. Post 8vo.
IV.
MURRAY’S HANDBOOK FOR KENT AND SUSSEX; |
Map. Post 8vo. 10s.
V.
MURRAY’S HANDBOOK FOR SURREY, HANTS, 1
AND THE ISLE OF WIGHT. Map. Post 8vo. 7s. 6d.
The object of Mdrkas’s Handbooks is to give matter-of-fact descnp- ;
j tions of what ought to be,seen at each place, and is calculated to interest an t
?intelligent English traveller, without bewildering him with an account of i
! all that may be seen to avoid chronological details, and instead of
1 abridging the records of a town from beginning to end, to select such local ;
; anecdotes as are connected with remarkable events which have happened j
: there, or with distinguished men who have lived there to adopt as simple 1
’and condensed a style as possible, avoiding florid descriptions and exagge¬
rated superlativesand to use the descriptions of others, where good and j
, correct, rather than obtrude extracts from the Editor’s own journals.
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE: STREET.
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Antiquarian books of Scotland > Ireland/Irish > Black's guide to Killarney and the south of Ireland > (129) |
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Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/118862216 |
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Description | Thousands of printed books from the Antiquarian Books of Scotland collection which dates from 1641 to the 1980s. The collection consists of 14,800 books which were published in Scotland or have a Scottish connection, e.g. through the author, printer or owner. Subjects covered include sport, education, diseases, adventure, occupations, Jacobites, politics and religion. Among the 29 languages represented are English, Gaelic, Italian, French, Russian and Swedish. |
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