Preface.
I have been compelled rather precipitately to send this Volume forth to the Public;—the necessity has arisen from the appearance of another work with a similar title.
This Work has been repeatedly taken for mine;[1] and containing as it does numerous errors,[2] it was calculated to do me much injury in the estimation of the Public. In self-defence, therefore, I was compelled to bring out mine earlier than I originally intended.
From the report of my Publisher, I find I have now to return thanks to the Booksellers of Liverpool, Manchester, and Birmingham, in particular, for the liberal manner in which they have patronised my Volume; they having ordered, before the publication, five-sixths of the edition, which consists of 3,000 copies. As
- ↑ In one instance, a most respectable Firm in Liverpool ordered twelve copies under this impression.
- ↑ The following is a specimen. On page 51 in Mr. Cornish's book, the public are informed, that Warrington Bridge "has twenty arches, which are sixty-five feet span, and the same number of feet high." When the fact is, it has but twelve arches, nine of which are but sixteen feet span, and twenty-eight feet high.
