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DURRANI'S HANDBOOK FOR ESSEX : 



jk QUIDE TO 



Z^t Qprtnctpaf ^%ttU of 3nf ereef tn eac^ (parted in 

 t^e County, for t^e uee of 2^oumf6 anb others. 



WITH AN INTRODUCTION TREATING OF 



US, HISTORY, GEOLOGY, AREA, POPULATION, DIALECT, ANTIQUITIES, 

 WORTHIES, NATURAL HISTORY, dc, &c. 



BY MILLER CHRISTY. 



WITH MAPS. 



PRESS NOTICES. 



" Contains an excellent introduction by that well-known lover of and writer 

 on Essex, iMr. Miller Christy, which treats of its history, geology, population, 

 literature, antiquities, natural history, and last, but not least, its long list of 

 'worthies.' Some notes on the dialect will interest the scholar, and the general 

 information appears accurate and trustworthy." — Daily Telegraph. 



" This little book might be commended as a model to writers of Guide Books. 

 Its whole arrangement represents intelligent care and thought, and it is doubtful 

 whether there could be found in any similar work such a mass of useful informa- 

 tion in so singularly small a compass. Essentially business-like and practical in 

 his directions, the author has not only given, as he proposed, ' a maximum of 

 information in a minimum of space,' but has brought that information up to date 

 in a way that is, rmfortunatel}^, all too rare. Sports, antiquities, and natural 

 history, are all treated of in their place, and in every parish of the county the 

 tourist will find in a few lines an exact list of ever3-thing worth seeing. It may 

 be hoped that residents will be found in some of our other counties to do what 

 Mr. Christy has accomplished so well for Essex." — Athenceum. 



"Very well arranged. In alphabetical order. No Essex man should be with- 

 out a copy." — Literary World. 



"The quantity of valuable information comprised within its limits is mar- 

 vellous, and yet, with all this, the stvle is charmingly fresh and vigorous : 

 archasological, geological, zoological, philological, botanical, historical, and heaps 

 of other facts being dealt with in such a crisp and pleasing way that the work is 

 capital reading from the first page to the last." — Essex Weeklv News. 



" One of the very best Guide Books in existence — portable, nicely printed, 

 and full of maps — a model handbook, in fact." — Evening News, 



" No naturalist intending to visit Essex should fail to provide himself with a 

 copy. " — Natii ralists ' Monthly. 



"A really valuable guide to the places of interest in the countv, a work which 

 was much needed and will be much appreciated." — Essex Standard. 



" A handy volume for Essex wheelmen ; full of very interesting historical and 

 general information concerning the various towns and villages." — Wheeling. 



" Decidedly in advance of any similar work which has yet appeared with refer- 

 ence to the county." — East Anglian Notes and Queries. 



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