New Castle, historic and picturesque . ILLTJSTRATIONS JiV ABBOTT F. GKAVES BOSTON 1884 THE NEW YORKPUBLIC LIBEAE?] ASTOlf, LBN^X AND ? 1951 I COPYRIOllT 1884 GEOKGK F. TIIOMlSON Press of Rand Anery Supply Compuny Boston NOTE An islander sometimes forgets there is any other world thanthat which confines him within its familiar limits. The Englishand Irish, and other nations, testify to tliis experience; and ithas had the effect of forming distinctive character and history. The reader of these pages, therefore, must excuse the writer,if, in the concentration of his vision, a square mile of islan
New Castle, historic and picturesque . ILLTJSTRATIONS JiV ABBOTT F. GKAVES BOSTON 1884 THE NEW YORKPUBLIC LIBEAE?] ASTOlf, LBN^X AND ? 1951 I COPYRIOllT 1884 GEOKGK F. TIIOMlSON Press of Rand Anery Supply Compuny Boston NOTE An islander sometimes forgets there is any other world thanthat which confines him within its familiar limits. The Englishand Irish, and other nations, testify to tliis experience; and ithas had the effect of forming distinctive character and history. The reader of these pages, therefore, must excuse the writer,if, in the concentration of his vision, a square mile of islandedrock appears unconsciously magnified to continental proportions. It has been an agreeable labor to draw together all that con-cerns a spot whose boundaries are so fixed by nature, and w^hoseinhabitants, moulded by their environment and pursuits, havehad a remarkabl}^ uniform destiny. As in your own garden,you know, with a pleasing satisfaction, every tree and plant,so the small area and well-defined annals of this ancient townflanewcastlehistori00albe
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