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THE RECORDS OF THE WOOLWICH DISTRICT.

BY W.T. VINCENT,

_President of the Woolwich Antiquarian Society_.

Comprising Woolwich, Plumstead, Charlton, Shooters' Hill,
Westcombe Park, Eltham, Abbey Wood, Belvedere, Erith, and
Bexley.

WITH FIVE HUNDRED ILLUSTRATIONS.

The Work is Dedicated, by permission, to H.R.H. PRINCE ARTHUR,
DUKE OF CONNAUGHT, and has been graciously accepted by HER
MAJESTY THE QUEEN and H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES. It has
also been universally extolled in the Press, from which the
following are a few extracts:--

"THE RECORDS OF WOOLWICH.--Mr. Freeman long ago suggested that
it would be a useful division of labour if separate towns and
districts were described by those in the several localities
who had special knowledge on the subject, and he himself led
the way in carrying out the design. Of local guide-books so
called there is no end, but what is wanted in each case is an
exhaustive history of the district, its natural formation, its
antiquities, and the many objects of interest that are sure to
abound, and that only want to be brought to light in order to
form material for the future historian of the English nation.
This labour Mr. W.T. Vincent proposes to perform for Woolwich
in a work which he entitles 'The Records of the Woolwich
District.' Mr. Vincent has been engaged in the task for
twelve years. This is the work of a writer who has studied his
subject in all the places where information can be obtained.
The Preface alone will gain the reader's attention, even if
the locality itself had no interest for him. It appears that
Mr. Vincent had scented out the existence of a sealed packet
of papers having reference to Woolwich, and, after a long
hunt, ran the packet to earth in the British Museum. It was
not until the authorities of the War Office had deliberated
for a month on the subject that Mr. Vincent was allowed to see
and open the packet, which was more than a hundred years old,
and contained maps, plans, and views, several of which he
produces."--_The Times_.

"We must resist the temptation to extract, and conclude this
notice by expressing our approval of the numerous _facsimile_
reproductions of old prints illustrative