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1882. To rescue from oblivion some of the legends that delighted Mr. Callow's early years, and present them in an entertaining shape before the reader, had long been his wish, and if, by reading them, and interest in, and a desire to visit, the beautiful Isle of Man is created in any who now only know of its existence as an island somewhere in the Irish Sea, he would not have written this book in vain. Contents: Phynodderre, a tale of fairy lo...

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In February 1900, a journal review of Old London Taverns commented that the author was annoyed by mistakes in recounting pub history. So he embarked on this chronicle: "He tells us of various taverns, chop-houses, bakers', butchers', and kindred topics of considerable variety, places both new and old. He has done good service in putting together these facts, which have, indeed, a great tendency to get forgotten or confused. [As an example]... ...

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Old London Taverns - Historical, Descriptive and Reminiscent is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1899.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiqu...

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Excerpt from The Phynodderree, and Other Legends of the Isle of ManN no part of the British Islands has the belief in the existence of Fairies retained a stronger hold upon the people than in the Isle of Man. In spite of the tendency of this matter - of-fact age to destroy what little of poetry, romance, and chivalry Nineteenth Century education has left to us, there lurks still in many countries, and especially in mountainous districts, a hal...

Excerpt from From King Orry to Queen Victoria: A Short and Concise History of the Isle of ManOf the Isle of Man - Constitutional, Political, Ecclesiastical, Legendary, and General - compiled as brie¿y as possible from the writings of Waldron, Traine, and almost every author who has written voluminously on this subject.Ancient records have also been consulted, when some years ago I had access to them through the courtesy of the late James Burma...