IN THE COUNTIES OF KENT, GLOUCESTER, HEREFORD, MONMOUTH, AND SOMERSET, IN THE YEARS 1802, 1803, AND 1805; ILLUSTRATED BY DESCRIPTIVE SKETCHES OF THE MOST INTERESTING PLACES AND BUILDINGS; PARTICULARLY THE CATHEDRALS OF CANTERBURY, GLOUCESTER, HEREFORD, AND BRISTOL. With Delineations of Character in different Ranks of Life. By J. P. MALCOLM, F.S.A. AUTHOR OF LONDINIUM REDIVIVUM, &e. THE SECOND EDITION, EMBELLISHED WITH TWENTY-TWO HIGHLY-FINISHED PLATES. LONDON: PRINTED BY AND FOR NICHOLS, SON, AND BENTLEY, AND SOLD BY LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN, ADVERTISEMENT. THE Author of the following pages feels the more confidence in laying them before the Public, as they are the result of actual and recent observation. Lest the Critick should commit an unpardonable error by condemning the scenes delineated from animated Nature, the Author warns him, that they are from absolute facts, with the conversations literally and faithfully reported, as the interlocutors must acknowledge should they peruse this work.—On this head he is perfectly safe. The only point in which he acknowledges himself vulnerable is his style: that is his own; yet, he hopes, if some condemn it—others will approve. The subjects described are of superior interest, and must command the admiration of every spectator. If they are even faintly recognized, from the descriptions or engravings, by those who have had the good fortune to view them, his principal aim will be accomplished. The drawings are all originals; and made, sketched, and finished, by J. P. MALCOLM. |