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THE BATH ROAD
WORKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR.
THE BRIGHTON ROAD: Old Times and New on a Classic Highway.
THE PORTSMOUTH ROAD, and its Tributaries, To-day, and in Days of Old.
THE DOVER ROAD: Annals of an Ancient Turnpike.
THE EXETER ROAD: The Story of the West of England Highway. [In the Press.
GEORGE THE THIRD TRAVELLING FROM WINDSOR TO LONDON, 1806.
(After R. B. Davis.)
The
BATH ROAD
HISTORY, FASHION, & FRIVOLITY ON
AN OLD HIGHWAY
By CHARLES G. HARPER
Author of “The Brighton Road,” “The Portsmouth Road,”
“The Dover Road,” &c. &c.
Illustrated by the Author, and from Old Prints
and Pictures
London: CHAPMAN & HALL, Limited
1899
(All Rights Reserved)
PRINTED BY
WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED,
LONDON AND BECCLES.
To E. T. COOK, Esq.
Dear Mr. Cook,
It was by your favour, as Editor of the Daily News, that the very gistof this book first saw the light, in the form of two articles in thecolumns of that paper. It seems, then, peculiarly appropriate that thesepages—representing, in the measurements common to journalists andauthors, a growth from four thousand to some sixty thousand words—shouldbe inscribed to yourself.
Sincerely yours,
CHARLES G. HARPER.
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