1642-1892Legends of Woburn, now first written and preserved in collected form ..to which is added a chrono-indexical history of Woburn . - a flO - 1 ^. Wnin Public Library. Main Entrance and Tower. PREFACE. Tis sweet to ramble in the fields of legendary lore ;to pick up the uncut diamonds lying imbedded in thedust of the past; to see the incipient glimmer, which,through the thin covering, tells of the possibilitieswithin ; to take these neglected gems of story andhistory, and bring out their hidden beauties, by latestverbal cut and polish, so that they may be acceptableat our modern literary f
1642-1892Legends of Woburn, now first written and preserved in collected form ..to which is added a chrono-indexical history of Woburn . - a flO - 1 ^. Wnin Public Library. Main Entrance and Tower. PREFACE. Tis sweet to ramble in the fields of legendary lore ;to pick up the uncut diamonds lying imbedded in thedust of the past; to see the incipient glimmer, which,through the thin covering, tells of the possibilitieswithin ; to take these neglected gems of story andhistory, and bring out their hidden beauties, by latestverbal cut and polish, so that they may be acceptableat our modern literary feasts. Every country has its national stories, historicaland mythical, peculiar to itself; and every hamlet itslocal ditties, dear to its inhabitants, which, in verymany places, have been written and preserved, as theyought to be in all others. Now even here, in our own City, we have our In-dian, Historical and other I^egends, which hithertohave been utterly neglected. Some are weird andimaginative. Those of Indian origin are most beau-tiful in conception. Others treat of persons and places,so therefore are of historical value, all of which areh
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