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Title: Bygone Punishments

Author: William Andrews

Release Date: June 14, 2009 [eBook #29117]

Language: English

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BYGONE PUNISHMENTS.

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Works by William Andrews.

Mr. Andrews' books are always interesting.--_Church Bells._

No student of Mr. Andrews' books can be a dull after-dinner speaker,
for his writings are full of curious out-of-the-way information and
good stories.--_Birmingham Daily Gazette._

England in the Days of Old.

A most delightful work.--_Leeds Mercury._

A valuable contribution to archaeological lore.--_Chester Courant._

It is of much value as a book of reference, and it should find its
way into the library of every student of history and
folk-lore.--_Norfolk Chronicle._

Mr. Andrews has the true art of narration, and contrives to give us
the results of his learning with considerable freshness of style,
whilst his subjects are al