History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk, and the City and County of the City of Norwich

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Excerpt from History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk, and the City and County of the City of Norwich: Comprising a General Survey of the County of Norfolk, and the Diocese of Norwich, And Separate Historical, Statistical, and Topographical Descriptions of All the Hundreds, Liberties, Unions, Boroughs, Towns, Ports, Parishes, Villages, Hamlets, and ManorsThe first edition Of the History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk, was published in 1836, and was SO well received, that a second edition was printed in 1845, and met with an equal Share Of patronage. The success which attended this and similar publications for other counties, excited the cupidity of certain illiterate individuals, who in 1854, under the name of Francis White and published a pirated and Spurious edition of this work, in which most of the in formation was copied verbatim, whilst the form and general arrangement were identical. A natural dislike to the entanglements of the law prevented any legal proceedings being taken to punish the perpetrators of this literary imposture, and, encouraged by this mistaken leniency, other parties commenced the like practices elsewhere, and ultimately compelled the Author, both for his own pro tection and that of the public, to apply to the Court of Chancery for redress. An account Of the proceedings in the action White v. Drake, will be found on the next page, and the Author takes this Opportunity of expressing his de termination to apply for an Injunction against anyone who infringes the copy right Oi this or any of his publications, which, having been compiled with great labour and at considerable expense, he will not quietly permit to be pur loined by unprincipled persons for their own emolument.As the Author hopes at some future time to re-publish this work in a still larger and more complete form, he will be happy to receive from time to time any suggestions which may occur to those who peruse it, and as every possible care has been taken to avoid errors, he trusts that the volume will be found as free from inaccuracies as is compatible with the vast body of information, and the great variety of subjects compressed within its pages.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.