Preface.

HIS work first appeared in 1883 and

THE

quickly passed out of print. Some important additions are made in the present volume. It is hoped that in its new form the book may find favour with the public and the press.

THE HULL PRESS,

May Day, 1899.

WILLIAM ANDREWS.

UNIV. OF CALIFORNIA

CURIOUS EPITAPHS.

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Epitaphs on Tradesmen.

ANY interesting epitaphs have been placed

to the memory of tradesmen. Often they are not of an elevating character, nor highly poetical, but they display the whims and oddities. of men. We will first present a few relating to the watch and clock-making trade. The first specimen is from Lydford churchyard, on the borders of Dartmoor :

Here lies, in horizontal position,
the outside case of

GEORGE ROUTLEIGH, Watchmaker;
Whose abilities in that line were an honour
to his profession.

Integrity was the Mainspring, and prudence the
Regulator,

of all the actions of his life.

Humane, generous, and liberal,

his Hand never stopped

till he had relieved distress.

So nicely regulated were all his motions,