5 JULY 1930, Page 23

The newly-published edition of The Annals of Kiikby Lonsdale and

Lunesdale in Bygone Days (Titus Wilson and Son, Kendal, 21s.) consists of 500 copies only, fifty or which are bound in leather (two guineas) and 450 in cloth (one guinea). Mr. Alexander Pearson has collected much inter- esting information regarding this district. We understand that, of the 500 copies published, all those bound in leather have been sold, and only 130 of the cloth-bound remain. We can thoroughly recommend Mr. Pearson's work to all people who know, or would like to know, Westmorland in- timately and to any one interested in the compilation of local histories, for this is an excellent example of that difficult branch of research.

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