Halifax books and authorsA series of articles on the books written by natives and residents, ancient and modern, of the parish of Halifax (stretching from Todmorden to Brighouse) . tion this little book as a sampleof the Halifax press, issued by Peter KenyonHolden, who was allied by marriage connectionBwith the Byles family, Bradford, and I believethe noted Halifax printer was interred in XJn-deicliffe Cemetery. Mr. Brontes little contains xvi. and 136 pages. A good,clean copy will sell for 15s. or even .£1. Itssize is e^in. by 4in. Mr. Bronte printed somemore books of poems and serm
Halifax books and authorsA series of articles on the books written by natives and residents, ancient and modern, of the parish of Halifax (stretching from Todmorden to Brighouse) . tion this little book as a sampleof the Halifax press, issued by Peter KenyonHolden, who was allied by marriage connectionBwith the Byles family, Bradford, and I believethe noted Halifax printer was interred in XJn-deicliffe Cemetery. Mr. Brontes little contains xvi. and 136 pages. A good,clean copy will sell for 15s. or even .£1. Itssize is e^in. by 4in. Mr. Bronte printed somemore books of poems and sermons, but onlytwo were printed at Halifax. The CottagePoems have been re-printed in the CollectedWorks of his daughters, seven volumes, byMessrs. Smith, Elder and Co., but without theintroduction, and will be found in the eamevolume as The Professor. Recent publishersalso have included it in the Bronte Works,but the only collection of the Rev. PatrickBrontes Works is the one edited by J. HorsfallTurner, in crown 8vo., and in quarto size, largepaper copies. This was issued in 1898, at 56.(or lOe.), and contains 304 pages, with manyillustrations. 36 HALIFAX BOOKS AND REiV. P. BEOXTE (in old ajre>. THE RURAL IVIINSTREL: A Miscellany of Descriptive Poems. By the Rev. P. Bronte, Minister of Hartshead-cum-Clifton. Halifax, P. K. Holden, for the Author. 1813. This little volume matches the earlier one iu .size. Pages xii., 108. This book is quite as raie as the Cottage Poems, and has not been re-printed except in my Collected Works and Life of Rev. P. Bronte. The Cottage in the Wood and The Maidof Killarney were printed at Bradford, asalso two pamphlets, and two other pamphl<^tsweie printed at Keighley. We next come to a sermon printed at Halifax,demy 8vo. size, namely: — A FUNERAL SERMON for the late REV. WILLLOl WEICtHT?.[AN, \., Preached in the Church of Ha worth (Oct. 2, 1842.) by the Rev. Patrick Bronte. Incumbent. Halifax, .T. U. Walker, George St
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