6 NOTES ON OLD HELPER AND OLD HELPER BOOKS. 



page is consequently entitled " Errata." The book was printed 

 for James Kicking who worked at Messrs. W. G. & J. Strutt's. 

 He was also a sort of house agent and steward to Mr. G. 

 B. Strutt, and he attended the Calvinist Chapel. His 

 home was at Cross P^oads, one of the two cottages existing 

 on the site now occupied by the farm house. He had a son, 

 John Hicking, said to have considerable literary taste, and who 

 was a draughtsman and surveyor, many of his plans being still 

 in existence. 



Another book published in the same year is entitled, 

 " Letters | on | The Miraculous Conception | A | vindi- 

 cation I of I The Doctrine | maintained in | a Sermon | 

 Preached at Belper in Derbyshire ; | in | answer | To the 

 Rev. Mr. Alliot and the Rev. | Mr. Taylor | By David 

 Davies ] Belper | Printed and sold by S. Mason ; | Sold 

 also by Wilkins & Stenson, Derby ; Dunn, Nottingham ; 

 Cotes, Wirksworth ; Bradley, Chesterfield ; A, & E. Gales, 

 Sheffield ; Swinney & Ferral, Birmingham ; Rowbotham, 

 Loughborough; and Eaton, 187, High Holborn, London | 

 1809." The interesting copy owned by the writer bears the 

 autograph of Mrs. Davies, and also the author's initials, 

 " D. P. D." The book is octavo, in paper covers, 84 pages, 

 and was issued at the price of 1/6. As usual the last page 

 is devoted to an interesting chapter of "Errata." The 

 contents consist of nine vigorously written letters dated from 

 " Milford, Sept. 5th, 1S09." The Mr. AUiott referred to in the 

 title was a Church of England clergyman of Nottingham, and 

 Mr. Taylor, a clergyman of Mile End Road, London. 



A further work printed and published in this year, and a more 

 ambitious one, was " The Interesting Narrative | of | the Life | 

 of I Orlando | Equiano, | or | Gustavius Vassa, | the African, | 

 written by himself. | ' Am I not a man and a brother.' | A New 

 Edition, | Belper, | Printed and Published by S. Mason ; sold by 

 Tipper and Crosby, London ; Wilkins, Derby ; and Dunn, 

 Nottingham ; | 1809." This very interesting work is octavo, 

 bound in boards, and contains 310 pages. The frontispiece is a 



