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THE FOLK-SPEECH OF CUMBERLAND and some Districts Adjacent; being
short Stories and Rhymes in the Dialects of the West Border
Counties. By ALEX. CRAIG GIBSON, F.S.A.
The tales are remarkable for their spirit and humour. The poetry, too,
is marked by the same characteristics.--_Westminster Review._
The stories and rhymes have the freshness of nature about
them.--_Contemporary Review._
Brimful of humour, homely wit and sense, and reflect the character and
life and ways of thought of an honest sturdy people.--_Spectator._
The stories, or prose pieces, are wonderfully clever and well
done.--_Saturday Review._
This is an uncommon book, combining, as it does, in an extraordinary
degree, the recondite lore which throws antiquarians into ecstacies,
with the shrewd humour, the descriptive force, and the poetic charm
which, garbed in the old Norse-rooted vernacular which Cumbrians
love so well, will secure for it a cordial reception among all those
who claim "canny Cumberland" for their childhood's home.--_Eddowes's
Shrewsbury Journal._