STRANGER IN LIVERPOOL;

OR,

AN HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE VIEW

OF

LIVERPOOL AND ITS ENVIRONS.

Full are thy cities with the sons of Art;
And Trade and Joy, in every busy street,
Mingling are heard; e'en Drudgery himself,
As at the car he sweats, or, dusty, hews
The palace stone, looks gay. Thy crowded ports,
Where rising masts an endless prospect yield,
With labour burn, and echo to the shouts
Of hurried sailor, as he, hearty, waves
His last adieu, and, loosening every sheet,
Resigns the spreading vessel to the wind,

THOMSON.

Liverpool:

PRINTED BY AND FOR THOMAS KAYE, 1807:
Sold also by the Booksellers in Liverpool; Broster and
Son, Chester; R. and W. Dean, Manchester;
Haddock, Warrington; T. Croft, and

I. Wilcockson, Preston; Clarke,
Lancaster; and Ashburner,

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ADVERTISEMENT.

THE subjects of this volume have been presented so repeatedly to the public by different writers, that, from a more recent publication, little of novelty can reasonably be expected.

The 66 History of Liverpool," by Enfield; the "General and Descriptive History of the Town of Liverpool," and the detail of the history and commerce of Liverpool, in Dr. Aikin's "Description of the Country round Manchester;" (the principal authorities here made use of;) are performances which, from the extent of their plan, and the respectability of their execution, must have the first claim upon the attention of those who would enter minutely into the history of this opulent and flourishing town.

The following Publication, though more humble in its pretensions, will not, it is presumed, be deemed either unnecessary, or unworthy the notice of those for whose use it is principally designed.

The objects of the Publisher were, to form such a compendium of the History, Commerce, and Topography of the town of Liverpool, as should be sufficiently limited

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for the design of the Work, without omitting any thing of material importance; to introduce such additional information as the most recent changes and improvements have furnished; and to dispose the whole into an arrangement, distinct, methodical, and convenient.

In these he flatters himself that he has so far succeeded, as to present his readers with a volume which, by excluding minute and unnecessary details, comprehends a greater variety of interesting and useful matter than has hitherto been furnished on the subject; and which he hopes will form a pleasing Pocket Companion for the Stranger, and a convenient Book of occasional Reference for the Inhabitant.

Oct. 12, 1807.