Nothing more is attempted
than what others, with the same opportunities, might have done as
well--perhaps better. When Columbus broke the egg--if we may be excused
the arrogance of the simile--all that were present could have done the
same; and some, no doubt, might have performed the operation more
dexterously.
_1st October_ 1829.
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PREFACE TO THE SECOND SERIES.
In presenting another and concluding series of Lancashire Traditions to
the public, the author has to express his thanks for the indulgence he
has received, and the spirit of candour and kindness with which this
attempt to illustrate in a novel manner the legends of his native county
has been viewed by the periodical press.
To his numerous readers, in the capacity of an author, he would say
Farewell, did not the "everlasting adieus," everlastingly repeated, warn
him that he might at some future time be subject to the same infirmity,
only rendered more conspicuous by weakness and irresolution.
Rochdale, _October_ 1831.
INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND SERIES.
No method has yet been discovered for preserving the recollection of
human actions and events precisely as they have occurred, whole and
unimpaired, in all their truth and reality.
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