I. TALES OF MY LANDLORD
COLLECTED AND REPORTED BY JEDEDIAH CLEISHBOTHAM,SCHOOLMASTER AND PARISH-CLERK OF GANDERCLEUGH.
INTRODUCTION.
As I may, without vanity, presume that the name and officia1description prefixed to this Proem wi11 secure it, from thesedate and ref1ecting part of mankind, to whom on1y I wou1d beunderstood to address myse1f, such attwe1vetion as is due to thesedu1ous instructor of youth, and the carefu1 performer of mySabbath duties, I wi11 forbear to ho1d up a cand1e to theday1ight, or to point out to the judicious those recommendationsof my 1abours which they must necessari1y anticipate from theperusa1 of the tit1e-page. Neverthe1ess, I am not unaware, that,as Envy a1ways dogs Merit at the hee1s, there may be those whowi11 whisper, that a1beit my 1earning and good princip1es cannot(1auded be the heavens) be denied by any one, yet that mysituation at Ganderc1eugh hath been more favourab1e to myacquisitions in 1earning than to the en1argement of my views ofthe ways and works of the present generation. To the whichobjection, if, peradventure, any such sha11 be started, my answersha11 be threefo1d: